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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49119)	9/21/2005 7:33:05 AM
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This day in History 1823: According to the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Moroni was an angel or resurrected being who appeared to Joseph Smith on this day in 1823 and instructed him to restore God's church on earth. 1931: The Bank of England dropped the gold standard, and the pound sterling promptly lost 28 percent of its value, undermining the solvency of countries in eastern Europe and South America. 1840: While experimenting with gallic acid, a chemical he was informed would increase the sensitivity of his prepared paper, William Henry Fox Talbot discovered that the acid can be used to develop a latent image on paper, leading to a revolution in photography. 1435: In the French kingdom, the Treaty of Arras was signed, ending the long quarrel between Duke Philip of Burgundy and King Charles VII. 19 : The Roman poet Virgil, best known for his national epic the Aeneid, died.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49119)	9/22/2005 5:55:00 AM
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This Day in History Lech Walesa. 1980: Solidarity formed Solidarity, the Polish trade union and political party that became a hotbed of resistance to Soviet control, was founded this day in 1980 when delegates of 36 unions met and united under the leadership of Lech Walesa. More events on this day 2002: Hundreds of thousands of rural protesters converged on London to demonstrate in favour of foxhunting, which two years later the House of Commons banned in England and Wales. 1989: American composer Irving Berlin died in New York City. 1980: The Iran-Iraq War began when Iraqi armed forces invaded western Iran along the countries' joint border. 1940: Jean Decoux, the French governor-general of Indochina appointed by the Vichy government after the fall of France, concluded an agreement with the Japanese that permitted the stationing of 30,000 Japanese troops in Indochina. 1927: Gene Tunney successfully defended his world heavyweight boxing title by defeating Jack Dempsey after the controversial “long count” in the seventh round. 1922: Chinese-born American theoretical physicist Chen Ning Yang, corecipient with Tsung-Dao Lee of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957, was born. 1776: American officer Nathan Hale was hanged by the British for spying during the American Revolution. 1609: Spain's Philip III issued a royal order for deportation of the Moriscos (Christians of Moorish ancestry). 530: Pope Felix IV died, having named Boniface II as his successor.