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Subject: [Q-R] Today in History Nov 15
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:41:28 EST
Nov 15, 1806 Lt. Zebulon Pike sees a distant mountain peak in the Rocky
Mountains which later was named Pike's Peak
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Nov 15, 1777 The Continental Congress approves articles of Confederation with
provisions for the future admission of Quebec
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Nov 15, 1701 Fire badly damages Seminaire de Quebec
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Nov 15, 1603 Samuel de Champlain publishes"Des Sauvages"
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Nov 15, 1738 Happy Birthday Sir William Herschel-astronomer-discovered Uranus
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Nov 15, 1630 Johann Kepler dies at age 58- German astronomer
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Nov 15, 1763 Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon start surveying the Mason-Dixon
Line
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Nov 15 Is ' Kings Day" in Belgium.........................and I'm about 6
miles from the Belgium Bridge :)
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