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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49498)	12/16/2005 1:43:46 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

This Day in History 1773: Boston Tea Party On this day in 1773, in what is known as the Boston Tea Party, American colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians threw 342 chests of tea belonging to the British East India Company into Boston Harbor to protest a tax on tea. More events on this day 1944: In World War II, German forces attempted to push through Allied lines in the Ardennes, beginning the Battle of the Bulge. 1838: Voortrekkers killed 3,000 Zulu at the Battle of Blood River in South Africa. 1653: British soldier and statesman Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England. 1631: More than 3,000 people were killed by a major eruption of Mount Vesuvius. 882: Marinus I became pope after the death (possibly murder) of John VIII.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49498)	12/19/2005 11:29:40 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

This Day in History Articles of impeachment approved against U.S. President Bill Clinton 1998: On this day in 1998, the U.S. House of Representatives impeached President Bill Clinton, charging him with perjury and obstruction of justice, though Clinton was acquitted by the Senate the following month. 1974: Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller was sworn in as the 41st vice president of the United States. 1966: The United Nations General Assembly endorsed the Outer Space Treaty, an international treaty binding the parties to use outer space only for peaceful purposes. 1946: The Viet Minh, founded by Vietnamese nationalist Ho Chi Minh, began the First Indochina War against France. 1777: During the American Revolution, General George Washington led 11,000 regulars to take up winter quarters at Valley Forge on the west bank of the Schuylkill River, 22 miles (35 km) northwest of Philadelphia.