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Aug 14, 1297
emporor of japan born
Emperor Hanazono, Emperor of Japan (d. 1348) was born picture:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Emperor_Hanazono_large.jpg -
2,500 us marines invade niquragua
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V-J day
after a long and tiring war Japan gave up World War 2 picture:http://www.skylighters.org/vjday/ -
ibm realeses pc dos version 3.0
This was the first successful OS for the IBM PC platform, and was chosen by IBM for its PCs. Each major version added considerable improvements, but today is quite dated. Typical usage is with a command line interface, but a number of shells were produced that allows avoidance of the command line. Microsoft licensed MS-DOS to IBM, which produced IBM's minor variant PC-DOS. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=ibm+realeses+pc+dos+version3.0&um=1&hl=en&safe=active&client=safari&sa=N&rls=en&biw=1920&bih -
widescale blackout
there was a major widespread blackout through the us and parts of canada
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comet swift tuttle aproches close to earth
Using the best orbit then available, the comet's position at any time in the future could be predicted. The best estimate for the time of closest passage to the Sun during its next approach was 2126 July 11. An error of +15 days in this date would mean that the comet could collide with the Earth on 2126 August 14. site:http://www.oarval.org/section3_16.htm picture:http://www.abmedia.com/astro/comets/swift-tuttle.html