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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48866)	8/14/2005 8:56:33 AM
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Magic Johnson American basketball player Earvin (“Magic”) Johnson, born this day in 1959, led the National Basketball Association (NBA) Los Angeles Lakers to five championships. At the time of his initial retirement due to HIV infection in 1991, Johnson was the NBA's all-time leader in assists (9,921); he played again briefly in the mid-1990s. "They said playing basketball would kill me. Well, not playing basketball was killing me." Magic Johnson

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48866)	8/15/2005 7:26:18 AM
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August 15 Panama Canal opened to traffic The Pedro Miguel Locks raise or lower ships on the Pacific side of the Panama Canal. 1914: In 1902 the U.S. Congress passed the Spooner Act, which authorized purchasing the assets of the French company that first attempted to build a canal across Panama, in the late 19th century. Following Panama's declared independence, the Hay-Bunau-Varilla Treaty was negotiated between Panama and the United States in November 1903. The treaty satisfied conditions of the Spooner Act and created the Panama Canal Zone; it was proclaimed in February 1904. Work on the canal began in the summer of 1904, and in 1906 it was decided to build at high level with locks (versus at sea level), according to a plan similar to one proposed in 1879 by French engineer Adolphe Godin de Lépinay de Brusly. After a massive construction effort, the canal was finally opened to traffic on this day. 1971: Bahrain proclaimed independence from Great Britain. 1960: The Republic of the Congo gained independence from France. 1948: Syngman Rhee announced the establishment of the Republic of Korea (South Korea). 1935: American entertainers Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in a plane crash near Point Barrow, Alaska. 1769: Napoleon Bonaparte, future emperor of France, was born on the island of Corsica. 1534: St. Ignatius of Loyola led companions, who would become cofounders of the Jesuit order, to Montmartre. 1057: Macbeth, king of Scots, was killed in battle by Malcolm, eldest son of Duncan I.