Back In The Day ------------- 1774 The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia. 1825 The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, opened. 1861 The legendary Pony Express officially ceased operations, giving way to the transcontinental telegraph. (The last run of the Pony Express was completed the following month.) 1881 Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona. 1975 Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States. 1979 South Korean president Park Chung Hee was killed by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency. 1994 Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton. 2002 Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels. More than 100 hostages were killed. 2005 The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years. ----------------------------- An average ink-jet printer will use $566 in ink over its four year life span, at an overall cost of 92¢ per 4x6 inch print.
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