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Subject: [Q-R] Today in History July 31
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2003 09:28:35 EDT
July 31, 1763, Capt. James Dalyell and 280 soldiers attack Pontiac's village
at 2:30am. Pontiac was warned and set up an ambush with 400 Indians. Bloody
Run near Detroit
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July 31, 1818 Anne Boucher dies at Quebec City at age 109
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July 31, 1813 British troops capture Plattsburgh N.Y.
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July 31, 1786 James Strange claims Vancouver Island for England
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July 31, 1759 James Wolfe's troops beaten at Beauport flats east of Quebec
City
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July 31, 1684 King Francois of France demands Iroquois be exterminated
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July 31, 1498 Christopher Columbus discovers the island of Trinidad
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July 31, 1777 Marquis De Lafayette, age 19, made Maj. Gen. of the Continental
Army
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