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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48909)	8/19/2005 10:55:39 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Bill Clinton Born this day in 1946, Bill Clinton was the 42nd president of the United States (1993–2001). With Senator Al Gore as his running mate, he defeated Republican incumbent George Bush and independent candidate Ross Perot to win the presidency in 1992. Clinton was reelected in 1996, defeating Republican challenger Bob Dole and Reform party candidate Ross Perot. "There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured by what is right with America." Bill Clinton, inaugural address, January 21, 1993

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (48909)	8/20/2005 7:10:04 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50167

August 20: St. 636 - Arab forces led by Khalid bin Walid took control of Syria and Palestine in the Battle of Yarmuk. 917 - Tsar Simeon I of Bulgaria invaded Thrace and drove the Byzantines out. 1882 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" debuted in Moscow. 1968 - The "Prague Spring" abruptly ended when 200,000 Warsaw Pact troops and 5,000 tanks invaded Czechoslovakia. 1991 - Estonia regained its independence in the Singing Revolution as part of the collapse of the Soviet Union.