04-06-2010, 09:01 PM
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April 7th
1614 ~ Death of El Greco (Domenikos Theotocopoulos), artist.
1795 ~ France adopted the meter as the unit of length.
1862 ~ Union forces led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
1891 ~ Death of P. T. Barnum, Circus Impresario.
1953 ~ Dag Hammarskjöld was elected United Nations Secretary General.
1964 ~ IBM announced the System/360.
1967 ~ Birthday of Runa Akasaka (赤坂ルナ), Japanese Porn actress.
1968 ~ Death of Jim Clark, racing driver.
1969 ~ The Internet's symbolic birth date: publication of First Request for Comment (RFC).
1978 ~ Development of the neutron bomb was canceled by President Carter.
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