October 28th, 2005
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| ICBM | Oh and this too: 1492 Christopher Columbus discovers Cuba
1636 Harvard University (Boston) established
1776 Battle of White Plains; Washington retreats to NJ
1793 Eli Whitney applies for a patent on the cotton gin
1886 Statue of Liberty dedicated by Pres Grover Cleveland, it is celebrated by the 1st confetti (ticker tape) parade in NYC
1904 St Louis police try a new investigation method-fingerprints
1919 Volstead Act passed by Congress, start prohibition over Wilson's veto
1922 1st coast-to-coast radio broadcast of a football game
1929 1st child born in aircraft, Miami, Fl
1962 Khrushchev orders withdrawal of missiles from Cuba, ending crisis
1965 Gateway Arch (630' (190m) high) completed in St Louis, Missouri
1970 US/USSR sign an agreement to discuss joint space efforts
Births
1914 Dr Jonas Salk NYC, medical researcher, made polio a fear of the past
1955 William Gates billionaire CEO (Microsoft)
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__________________ ~when a man does his best, what else is there? Gen.George S.Patton
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