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626 – During the Xuanwu Gate Incident, Prince Li Shimin led his forces to assassinate his rival brothers, Crown Prince Li Jiancheng and Prince Li Yuanji, in a bloody palace coup for the Tang Dynasty throne. 1644 – The combined forces of the Scottish Covenanters and the English Parliamentarians defeated the Royalists at the Battle of Marston Moor, one of the decisive encounters of the English Civil War, near York. 1937 – Aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart (pictured) and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean during an attempt to make a circumnavigational flight. 1997 – The Thai baht rapidly lost half of its value, marking the beginning of the Asian financial crisis. 2002 – American aviator Steve Fossett became the first person to fly solo nonstop around the world in a balloon, completing an almost 14-day trip after landing in Queensland, Australia. |
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Aorcent
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| 02 Jul 2012 03:03 PM |
It's summer.
And why am I learning? |
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| 02 Jul 2012 03:03 PM |
Well, that's interesting.
Sometimes I use my sig, sometimes I don't. This is one of those times. |
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adam4271
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| 02 Jul 2012 03:04 PM |
| Do you think kids care about this knowledge |
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Eston
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| 02 Jul 2012 03:04 PM |
| That's great we know you can copy and paste. |
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zombie101
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| 02 Jul 2012 03:05 PM |
@Eston
I like to let the people know what went on on this day. |
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| 02 Jul 2012 03:07 PM |
| It is summer. Not school. Maybe wait for September to say what happened on July 7th. |
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Eston
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| 02 Jul 2012 03:07 PM |
| That's good, but this belongs in Off-Topic. And if we wanted to know ourselves, we'd go to Wikipedia. |
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