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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48870)	8/15/2005 7:27:36 AM
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T.E. Lawrence "All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. This I did." Born this day in 1888, Thomas Edward Lawrence, also called Lawrence of Arabia, was a British archaeological scholar, military strategist, and author best known for his legendary war activities in the Middle East during World War I and for his account of those activities in The Seven Pillars of Wisdom (1926). T.E. Lawrence, The Seven Pillars of Wisdom

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48870)	8/16/2005 7:25:37 AM
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August 16: * 1777 - American Revolutionary War: British troops and Hessian mercenaries were routed in the Battle of Bennington. * 1819 - Cavalry charged into a crowd, turning a public meeting in Manchester, England into the Peterloo massacre. * 1920 - Cleveland Indian shortstop Ray Chapman was hit by a pitch and died the following day, the only such fatality in a Major League Baseball game to date. * 1960 - Joseph Kittinger parachuted from a balloon over New Mexico at 102,800 feet (31,330 m), setting records for; high-altitude jump, free-fall height, and fastest speed by a human without an aircraft. * 1962 - The Beatles fired Pete Best and replaced him with Ringo Starr.