19-10-2006, 10:39 AM
Thank you everyone. All these good wishes makes one feel quite special...
Some quick tips on this special day ...
On this day...
October 19: Constitution Day in Niue (1974); Mother Teresa Day in Albania.
* 202 BC - Proconsul Scipio Africanus of the Roman Republic defeated Hannibal and the Carthaginians in the Battle of Zama, concluding the Second Punic War.
* 1469 - Ferdinand II of Aragon wedded Isabella of Castile , a marriage that paved the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
* 1781 - American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Charles Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington, ending the Siege of Yorktown.
* 1943 - Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, was first isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
* 1987 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22% on Black Monday, the largest one-day decline in history.
Thank goodness for Wikipedia :haha:
Some quick tips on this special day ...
On this day...
October 19: Constitution Day in Niue (1974); Mother Teresa Day in Albania.
* 202 BC - Proconsul Scipio Africanus of the Roman Republic defeated Hannibal and the Carthaginians in the Battle of Zama, concluding the Second Punic War.
* 1469 - Ferdinand II of Aragon wedded Isabella of Castile , a marriage that paved the way to the unification of Aragon and Castile into a single country, Spain.
* 1781 - American Revolutionary War: British forces led by Lord Charles Cornwallis officially surrendered to Franco-American forces under George Washington, ending the Siege of Yorktown.
* 1943 - Streptomycin, the first antibiotic remedy for tuberculosis, was first isolated by researchers at Rutgers University.
* 1987 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by 22% on Black Monday, the largest one-day decline in history.
Thank goodness for Wikipedia :haha: