On this day

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     And Tom Paine was born.  Bob Fuhrel


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Subject: On this day
Author:  	"Henry M" <gravity at nicom.com> at SMTP-CCSN
Date:    1/29/97 9:15 AM


1730 Peter II died of smallpox on the day set for his wedding (what's 
         with it with those czars and January?)
     
1843 President McKinley was assassinated
     
1886 Karl Benz patented the first gas automobile
     
1900 American Baseball League founded in Chicago
     
1916 First bombing of Paris by German zeppelins
     
1936 Baseball Hall of Fame was established
     
1963 Robert Frost died
     
1980 Jimmy Durante died
     
a-and, here one of my favorites:
     
in 1979, San Diego teen Brenda Spencer shot and killed two people at 
school. When ask why, she replied (all together, now), "I don't like 
Mondays."
     
My mother was of the sky... -- JL
My mother is the war...
Keep cool, but care. -- TRP
Moderation in moderation. -- Husky Mariner 
Not having that, which having... :-(
     
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