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Subject: Today In History Dec 19
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 10:58:36 EST
Dec 19, 1732 - Benjamin Franklin publishes Poor Richard's Almanack
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Dec 19, 1777 - George Washington's army goes into winter quarters at Valley
Forge, Pennsylvania
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Dec 19, 1842 - United States recognizes the independence of Hawaii
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Dec 19, 1683 - Happy Birthday King Philip V of Spain
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Dec 19, 1741 - Vitus Bering, explorer dies
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Dec 19, 1848 - Emily Brontë, author dies
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Dec 19, 1683 Happy Birthday Philip V Versailles France, King of Spain
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Dec 19, 1790 Happy Birthday Sir William Parry England, Arctic explorer
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Dec 19, 1821 Happy Birthday Mary Ashton Livermore American reformer/women's
suffrage leader
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Dec 19, 1849 Happy Birthday Henry Clay Frick Pennsylvania, built world's
largest coke & steel operation
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Dec 19, 1154 King Henry II of England crowned
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Dec 19, 1686 Robinson Crusoe leaves his island after 28 years (as per Defoe)
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Dec 19, 1776 Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in
which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls"
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Dec 19, 1823 Georgia passes 1st US state birth registration law
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Dec 19 Hawaii : Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop's Birthday
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Dec 19 Orthodox : Feast of St Nicholas the Wonderworker
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