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<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size=2>Called the “Father of His Country,” <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe601172726c007c7114-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">George
Washington</A>, general and commander in chief of the
colonial armies in the <A
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Revolution</A> (1775–83) and first <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5e1172726c007c7116-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">president
of the United States</A> (1789–97), was born this day in
1732.</FONT> </P><BR>
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<DIV align=center><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size=2>"In
offering to you, my countrymen, these counsels of
an old and affectionate friend...if I may flatter
myself that they may...warn against the impostures
of pretended patriotism—this hope will be a full
recompense for the solicitude for your welfare by
which they have been dictated." <BR><BR><B>George
Washington, <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5d1172726c007c7117-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666"><I>Farewell
Address</I></A>, September 17, 1796</B></FONT>
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size=2><B><IMG height=3
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width=3><BR>Cloning of Dolly</B></FONT> </P>
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<P><FONT face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"
size=2><B>1997: </B>On this day in 1997, a team of
British scientists working under the direction of Ian
Wilmut at the Roslin Institute near <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5c1172726c007c7110-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Edinburgh</A>
announced the birth of Dolly the sheep, the first <A
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of an adult <A
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<TD vAlign=top width="94%"><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333333
size=2>1932: The <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe591172726c007c7113-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Purple
Heart</A>, a U.S. military decoration originally
instituted by <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe581172726c007c711c-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">George
Washington</A> in 1782 to honour bravery in battle, was
revived as an award for those wounded or killed in
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<TD vAlign=top width="94%"><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333333
size=2>1847: U.S. General <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe571172726c007c711d-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Zachary
Taylor</A> led troops against a Mexican force
commanded by General <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5f1172726c007c7014-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Antonio
López de Santa Anna</A> at the <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5e1172726c007c7015-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Battle
of Buena Vista</A>.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top width="94%"><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333333
size=2>1680: Catherine Deshayes, Madame Monvoisin—known
as “La Voisin”—was executed in Paris for her involvement
in the <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5d1172726c007c7016-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Affair
of the Poisons</A>.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD vAlign=top width="94%"><FONT
face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" color=#333333
size=2>896: <A
href="http://cl.exct.net/?ffcb10-fe5c1172726c007c7017-fe0015797564057d7d127073-ff311c717666">Arnulf</A>
was crowned Holy Roman emperor by Pope <A
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who declared the previous emperor, <A
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