09-10-2004, 05:53 AM
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September 10th
1913 ~ First paved coast-to-coast highway opened in the U.S.
1927 ~ France won the first Davis Cup.
1942 ~ Birthday of Stephen Jay Gould, American paleontologist.
1945 ~ Vidkun Quisling sentenced to death for collaboration with Nazi Germany.
1960 ~ Birthday of Colin Firth, Actor (Shakespeare in Love, Bridget Jones's Diary, Love Actually)
1967 ~ The people of Gibraltar voted to remain a British dependency rather than becoming part of Spain.
1971 ~ Death of Nikita Khrushchev, Premier of the Soviet Union.
1977 ~ France's last execution is performed by guillotine.
1990 ~ The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro, the largest church in Africa and perhaps the world, consecrated by Pope John Paul II.
2002 ~ Switzerland, known for its neutrality, finally joined the United Nations.
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