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Subject: Today In History Oct 23
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:15:49 EDT
Oct 23, 1847 65 immigrants die of cholera and typhus in one week at Grosse
Isle, Quebec
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Oct 23, 1697 The first Ursulines (Soeurs grises) arrive at Trois Rivieres,
Quebec
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Oct 23, 1752 Happy Birthday Nicolas Appert-inventor-food canning and
bouillon cube
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Oct 23, 1805 The ship "Aeneus" sinks off of Newfoundland killing 340
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Oct 23, United States Day
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Oct 23, Canned Food Day
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Oct 23, 1762 Happy Birthday Samuel Morey-inventor-rotary steam engine,
windmill, water wheel, steam pump, internal combustion engine
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Oct 23, 1775 Continental Congress bars blacks from the army
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Oct 23, 1641 Rebellion in Ireland between Catholics and Protestants-men,
women and children massacred-between 40,000-100,000 killed
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Oct 23, 1814 The first plastic surgery is performed in London
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There are now 62 days till Christmas
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