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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49312)	10/23/2005 10:50:50 AM
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Idea Of The Day There are two good things in life - freedom of thought and freedom of action. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) English Novelist and Playwright

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49312)	10/23/2005 10:50:50 AM
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This Day in History 1983: U.S. Marines attacked in Beirut On this day in 1983, a terrorist bent on suicide drove a truckload of high explosives through a series of barricades and into the U.S. Marine Corps headquarters at the Beirut airport in Lebanon, killing 241 U.S. servicemen. More events on this day 1956: The Hungarian Revolution began with a massive demonstration in Budapest. 1956: The International Atomic Energy Agency was created with the purpose of increasing the contribution of atomic energy to world peace. 1944: During World War II, U.S. forces under the leadership of Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., commenced a decisive air and sea battle against the Japanese on the central Philippine island of Leyte. 1942: The British, led by Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery, launched a successful infantry attack against the Germans at El-Alamein, Egypt, during World War II.