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Subject: Today In History Oct 19
Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2004 08:36:33 EDT
Oct 19, 1781 Maj. Gen. Lord Cornwallis surrenders to George Washington at
Yorktown, Virginia which ends the American Revolution
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Oct 19, 1745 Jonathan Swift dies at age 77-Irish author-"Gullivers Travels"
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Oct 19, 1656 Massachusetts passes a law preventing immigration of Quakers
into the Puritan colony
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Oct 19, 1784 Happy Birthday Leigh Hunt-British writer "Lord Byron"
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Oct 19, 1849 Elizabeth Blackwell becomes the first woman in the US to
receive a medical degree
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Oct 19 Yorktown Day-Virginia
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Oct 19, 1850 Happy Birthday Annie Peck-mountain climber
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