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Subject: [Q-R] Today in History Feb 5
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2004 08:34:07 EST
Feb 5, 1840 Happy Birthday John Boyd Dunlop, invented the pneumatic tire
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Feb 5, 1848 Happy Birthday Myra Belle Shirley-AKA Belle Starr-American outlaw
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Feb 5, 1692 Canadians and Indians attack York, Maine, 50 settlers killed, 70
become captives. This event is also listed as Jan 25th, scholars don't agree
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Feb 5, 1667 Mining of bog iron nuggets begins at Trois Rivieres
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Feb 5, 1788 Happy Birthday Sir Robert Peel
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Feb 5, 1663 Large earthquake shakes Canada
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Feb 5, Its Runeberg Day in Finland
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