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Subject: [Q-R] Today in History July 30
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2003 09:43:17 EDT
July 30, 1825 Malden Island is discovered
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July 30, 1844 At Halifax, Nova Scotia, four sailors from the ship SALADIN
are hanged for piracy
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July 30, 1838 James Morreau hanged at Niagara, Ontario for his part in the
Short Hills raid
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July 30, 1711 Isle aux Oeufs, 900 soldiers are drowned in the St. Lawrence
River with a British expedition against Quebec
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July 30, 1609 Samuel De Champlain joins skirmish with Iroquois at Crown
Point, N.Y. He kills 2 chiefs with his arquebus
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July 30, 1583 Humphrey Gilbert reaches the coast of Newfoundland
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July 30, 1729 The City of Baltimore is founded
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July 30, 1718 death of William Penn at age 74
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