On this day

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     George Moore, Irish novelist and short story writer, born in 1852.
     
     Influenced Joyce with his _The Untilled Field_ especially.
     
     Bob Fuhrel


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Author:  	"Henry M" <gravity at nicom.com> at SMTP-CCSN
Date:    2/24/97 2:44 PM


Like Enzian, I bow to the actual numbers (Anyone who uses Pegasus or 
cc:Mail and wants help filtering "On this day" messages can send me a 
message. Please include "on this day" some place in the messages 
subject. Otherwise, just delete'em "manually."):
     
In 1389, King Albert of Sweden was defeated and captured by the Danes 
at the Battle of Falkoeping; the outcome left Margaret of Denmark 
effective ruler of both Sweden and Denmark.  
     
In 1525, in the French wars in Italy, Francis I was defeated by a 
Spanish force under Marquis de Pescara at the Battle of Pavia. There 
were at least 8,000 casualties, mainly from one of the earliest uses 
of the musket.  
     
In 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued a Papal Bull introducing the 
Gregorian calendar, replacing the Julian version.  
     
In 1848, after a revolution in Paris, Louis Philippe of France 
abdicated in favor of his grandson, the Comte de Paris. The move 
failed and the Republic was proclaimed.  
     
In 1868, Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, became 
the first president to have impeachment proceedings brought against 
him by the House of Representatives.  
     
In 1887, Paris and Brussels became the first two capital cities to be 
linked by telephone.  
     
In 1920, Lady Astor, first woman member of the British Parliament, 
made her maiden speech.  
     
In 1920, a fledgling political party met for the first time in 
Munich. Later known as the Nazi Party, its chief spokesman was Adolf 
Hitler.
     
In 1922, Bluebeard was executed in France. He was a con man who 
charmed women and then defrauded them -- more than 300 during his 
nefarious career. He was also convicted of murdering 10 women and one 
boy
     
In 1938, nylon was produced for the first time in Arlington, New 
Jersey; it was used for toothbrush bristles.  
     
In 1945, Egyptian Prime Minister Ahmed Maher Pasha was shot to death 
in Parliament just after reading a declaration of war on Germany and 
Japan.  
     
In 1946, Juan Peron was elected president of Argentina.  (don't cry 
for me...)
     
In 1991, in the Gulf War, ground war began with an allied night 
attack. More than 14,000 Iraqis were captured in the first 24 hours of 
fighting.  
     
In 1994, Syria granted exit visas to all 1,000 Syrian Jews still 
living in the country, allowing them to travel abroad if they wished. 
     
In 1997, I am recovering as limbo king on corporate 
dinner/cruise/dance aboard the "Spirit of Washington." On the whole, 
I'd prefer the Anubis or the Circle Line. (Circle Line!?)
     
AsB4
Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
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