10-12-2004, 01:09 AM
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October 12th
1307 ~ All Knights Templar in France were simultaneously arrested by agents of Phillip the Fair, to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy.
1792 ~ In Washington, DC, the cornerstone of the United States Executive Mansion (known as the White House since 1818) laid.
1812 ~ War of 1812: Battle of Queenston Heights - United States forces are repulsed from invading Canada by British and native troops led by Sir Isaac Brock.
1925 ~ Birthday of Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister of the UK.
1945 ~ Death of Milton S. Hershey, founder of Hershey Chocolate Company.
1946 ~ France adopted the constitution of the Fourth Republic.
1959 ~ Birthday of Marie Osmond, Singer & Actress.
1974 ~ Death of Ed Sullivan, television personality.
1977 ~ Four Palestinians hijacked a Lufthansa Airlines flight to Somalia and demanded release of 11 members of the Red Army Faction.
1982 ~ Birthday of Ian Thorpe, swimmer.
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