06-08-2005, 05:05 AM
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June 8th
632 ~ Death of Muhammad, founder of Islam.
1810 ~ Birthday of Robert Schumann, Composer.
1866 ~ The Canadian Parliament met for the first time in Ottawa.
1876 ~ Death of George Sand, Author.
1887 ~ Herman Hollerith received a patent for his punch card calculator.
1910 ~ Birthday of John W. Campbell Jr., Science Fiction Writer, Publisher, & Editor.
1916 ~ Birthday of Professor Francis Harry Compton Crick, OM FRS, most noted for being one of the discoverers of the structure of the DNA molecule.
1949 ~ Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell was published.
1950 ~ Sir Thomas Blamey became the only Field Marshal in Australian history.
998 ~ Charlton Heston assumed the presidency of the National Rifle Association.
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