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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49053)	9/13/2005 3:14:46 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 50167

This Day in History On this day Philip III, the son of Philip II, became king of Spain and Portugal. Though pious, benevolent, and highly virtuous in private conduct, once he became king, Philip showed himself to be so indolent and indifferent to his responsibilities that his father remarked that his son was unfit to govern the kingdoms God had given him and would instead be governed by them. Remote from his subjects, Philip spent huge sums on court entertainments and neglected Spain's growing economic problems, which were to reach crisis proportions in the following reign. More events on this day 1996: American rap musician and actor Tupac Shakur died from wounds suffered in a drive-by shooting. 1943: Chiang Kai-shek (Chiang Chung-cheng) became president of China. 1857: Milton Snavely Hershey, founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company, was born in Pennsylvania. 1759: British forces defeated the French in the Battle of Quebec. 1515: Swiss mercenaries attacked the French position near Marignano; the next day they were defeated by French and Italian troops, giving rise to Switzerland's policy of neutrality. britannica.com