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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48843)	8/11/2005 3:43:19 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

August 11: 3114 BC - Epoch of the current era in the Maya Long Count Calendar. 480 BC - Spartan hoplites under Leonidas I, along with Thespians under Demophilus, fought to the last man in the Battle of Thermopylae, losing to a large Persian invasion force led by Xerxes I. 1492 - Cardinal Rodrigo Borgia was elected pope and became known as Pope Alexander VI. 1919 - The Weimar Republic adopted its constitution. 1970 - A trademark application for the word Spork was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.