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Today in History... 1493 - Christopher Columbus discovers Puerto Rico, on his 2nd voyage 1805 - Lewis & Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1st European Americans to cross continent 1863 - Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; 4 score & 7 years... 1928 - 1st issue of Time magazine, Japanese Emperor Hirohito on cover 1944 - World War II: U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announces the 6th War Loan Drive, aimed at selling $14 billion USD in war bonds to help pay for the war effort. 1995 - Beatle Anthology premieres on ABC-TV 1997 - In Des Moines, Iowa, Bobbi McCaughey gives birth to septuplets in the second known case where all seven babies were born alive. They would go on to become the first set of septuplets to survive infancy, with all seven alive in 2007. ow.ly/qUg8M
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 14:20:43 +0000

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