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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49056)	9/13/2005 3:15:42 AM
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Biography of the Day - Alain Locke African American educator, writer, and philosopher Alain Locke, born this day in 1886, is best remembered as the leader and chief interpreter of the Harlem Renaissance. A humanist who was intensely concerned with aesthetics, Locke termed his philosophy “cultural pluralism” and emphasized the necessity of determining values to guide human conduct and interrelationships.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49056)	9/14/2005 6:01:30 AM
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September 14-Biography of the Day Ivan Petrovich Pavlov. "Only one thing in life is of actual interest to us--our physical experience. Its mechanism, however, has been, and remains, wrapped in a deep mystery." Ivan Petrovich Pavlov Russian physiologist Ivan Petrovich Pavlov, born this day in 1849 (September 26 according to the New Style calendar), is known chiefly for his development of the concept of the conditioned reflex. In a now-classic experiment, he trained a hungry dog to salivate at the sound of a bell, which was previously associated with the sight of food.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49056)	9/14/2005 6:03:49 AM
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This Day in History 1847: Mexico City captured by U.S. forces During the Mexican War, the U.S. Army under General Zachary Taylor had captured the important city of Monterrey and defeated a major Mexican force at the Battle of Buena Vista in February 1847; however, U.S. President James K. Polk was frustrated at Taylor's reticence to mount a major invasion of Mexico. He ordered General Winfield Scott to take an army by sea to Veracruz, capture that key seaport, and march inland to Mexico City. Scott took Veracruz in March after a siege of three weeks, and, despite some resistance, his advance on Mexico City was marked by an unbroken series of victories that culminated this day when he entered the capital, ending the military phase of the conflict. More events on this day 1994: Acting commissioner of baseball Bud Selig announced that the remainder of the 1994 major league baseball season, including the World Series, would be canceled. Players and owners had failed to reach a settlement of the players' strike begun in August. 1975: Elizabeth Ann Seton, the first American-born saint, was canonized by the Roman Catholic church. 1927: Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of modern expressive dance, died in France in an automobile accident. 1901: President William McKinley died eight days after being shot in Buffalo, New York. 1829 : Russia and the Ottoman Empire signed the Treaty of Edirne, concluding the Russo-Turkish War of 1828–29. 1814: Francis Scott Key was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner" after Fort McHenry successfully withstood a British attack. 1752: Great Britain adopted the Gregorian calendar; the date was moved ahead 11 days (the day after September 2 became September 14).