Wikipedia (from Rose)

May 26, 2006 19:15

October 28,

Events:
1886 - In New York Harbor, Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.
1914 - The single largest one-day decline in terms of percentage by the Dow Jones Industrial Average in recorded stock market history.
1981 - The heavy metal band Metallica is founded in San Francisco.
1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average gains a record 337.17 points to close at 7,498.32

Births:
1914 - Jonas Salk, American medical scientist
1967 - Julia Roberts, American actress

Deaths:
1704 - John Locke, English philosopher
1917 - Prince Christian of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Augustenburg

Event:
Czechoslovakia - gains its independence from Austria-Hungary (1918); Holiday in the Czech Republic, Remembrance Day in Slovakia.

That was fun

j. tinnean
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