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Quarterman Dates



   [1]Tomorrow:
   July 14

   1698:  Darien expedition sails, The first expedition sails from Leith,
   anchors at Kirkcaldy.

   1781: Col. Lee takes back Dorchester, Source: McIlvaine

   1789:  Bastille  Day,  Symbolic  end  of  the  French Monarchy and the
   beginning  of  the  First  Republic.  The  people of Paris rose up and
   marched  on  the  Bastille,  a  state  prison  that  characterized the
   absolutism  and arbitrariness of the Kings Regime. The storming of the
   Bastille  immediately  became a symbol of historical dimension; it was
   verification  that  power  no  longer  resided  in  the  King as God's
   representative, but in the people.

   1881:  Billy  the  Kid  d., William H. Bonney Junior, alias "Billy the
   Kid,"  shot  and  killed  by  Sheriff  Pat Garrett at Fort Sumner, New
   Mexico.

     There's many a man with face fine and fair
     Who starts out in life with a chance to be square
     But just like poor Billy, he wanders astray
     And loses his life in the very same way.

References

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