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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48896)	8/18/2005 7:27:15 AM
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Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, 1955. Born this day in 1900, Indian political leader Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit was one of the world's leading women in public life in the 20th century. In 1953 Pandit became the first woman to be elected president of the United Nations General Assembly. From 1964 to 1968 she was a member of the Indian Lok Sabha (lower chamber of parliament), representing the constituency formerly represented by Jawaharlal Nehru. In 1978 she was appointed the Indian representative to the UN Human Rights Commission. "Education is not merely a means for earning a living or an instrument for the acquisition of wealth. It is an initiation into life of spirit, a training of the human soul in the pursuit of truth and the practice of virtue." Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48896)	8/19/2005 4:56:03 AM
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August 19: 1848 - California Gold Rush: The New York Herald reported news to the East Coast of the United States that a gold rush was on in California. 1942 - World War II: Allied forces raided Dieppe, France in the Dieppe Raid. 1953 - Operation Ajax: The government of Mohammed Mossadegh in Iran was overthrown. 1960 - Russian space dogs Belka ("Squirrel") and Strelka ("Little Arrow") began to orbit the Earth aboard the Korabl-Sputnik-2 spacecraft. 1991 - Mikhail Gorbachev was announced as "ill and had been relieved of his state post as President" in a failed Soviet coup attempt.