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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49586)	1/11/2006 3:06:50 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

This Day in History 1935: Amelia Earhart's Hawaii-to-California flight On this day in 1935, Amelia Earhart, one of the world's most celebrated aviators, made the first successful solo flight from Hawaii to California, a distance longer than that from the United States to Europe. More events on this day 2001: The U.S. Federal Communications Commission approved the merger of America Online and Time Warner, and AOL Time Warner (since shortened to Time Warner) stock began trading the next morning. 1964: U.S. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry announced that cigarette smoking is linked to lung cancer. 1878: Milk was delivered for the first time in glass bottles in New York City. 1861: Alabama seceded from the Union, the fourth state to do so in the run-up to the American Civil War. 1755/57: Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the U.S. Treasury, was born in the British West Indies.

To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (49586)	1/12/2006 4:12:41 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

This Day in History 1879: Beginning of Zulu War The Zulu War began this week in 1879 as the British sought control over Zululand in eastern South Africa, and, despite initial setbacks, British forces were victorious over the Zulu army after six months of fighting. More events on this day 1969: American gridiron football quarterback Joe Namath, having “guaranteed” victory, led the New York Jets to a 16–7 win over the favoured Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III. 1932: Hattie Ophelia Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate. 1916: P.W. Botha, prime minister (1978–84) and president (1984–89) of South Africa, was born. 1876: American novelist Jack London, author of Call of the Wild (1903) and White Fang (1906), was born in San Francisco. 1773: The oldest public museum in the United States was established in colonial Charleston, South Carolina.