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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49279)	10/19/2005 7:34:38 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

This Day in History Surrender of Lord Cornwallis The Surrender of Lord Cornwallis (at Yorktown, Virginia, on October … 1781: On this day in 1781, Britain's Lord Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington, commander of the American army, at Yorktown, Virginia, effectively ending the American Revolution and assuring America's independence. 1987: The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted nearly 23 percent, the largest one-day drop in the stock market's history. 1864: Confederate soldiers based in Canada crossed into St. Albans, Vermont, and robbed three banks in order to agitate the Union during the American Civil War. 1812: Napoleon began his disastrous retreat from Russia.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49279)	10/20/2005 8:46:56 AM
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This Day in History Opening of Sydney Opera House 1973: Australia's Sydney Opera House—designed by Danish architect Jørn Utzon, whose dynamic, imaginative, but problematic plan won an international competition in 1957—was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on this day in 1973. 1968: Former first lady Jacqueline Kennedy married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. 1964: Former U.S. president Herbert Hoover died in New York City. 1921: France and the Grand National Assembly of Turkey signed the Treaty of Ankara. 1822: The Congress of Verona, the last of the meetings held by the European powers in accordance with the terms of the Quadruple Alliance, opened in Verona, Italy. 1803: The U.S. Senate, after due consideration and considerable oratory, ratified the Louisiana Purchase. 1740: Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI died, setting off the War of the Austrian Succession. 1600: The Battle of Sekigahara established the hegemony of the Tokugawa family in Japan.