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Monday, May 03, 2010

Today In History...

"He who forgets history is doomed to repeat it"
George Santayana

  • 1494- Jamaica discovered by Columbus; he names it "St. Iago".
  • 1765- 1st U.S. medical college opens in Philadelphia.
  • 1901- Fire destroyed 1,700 buildings in Jacksonville, Florida.
  • 1926- U.S. Marines land in Nicaragua (9-mo after leaving), stay until 1933.
  • 1979- Margaret Thatcher becomes the 1st woman prime minister of Great Britain.
  • 1988- 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida.
  • 1997- Garry Kasparov begins chess match with IBM supercomputer Deep Blue.

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