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Quarterman Dates



   [1]Tomorrow:
   September 14

   1638: John Harvard d.,
   [2]John   Harvard,   a   31-year-old   clergyman   from   Charlestown,
   Massachusetts  died,  leaving  his library and half of his estate to a
   local  college.  The  young  minister's bequest allowed the college to
   firmly  establish itself. In honor of its first benefactor, the school
   adopted the name Harvard College.

   1752: First UK Gregorian Day,

   1847: Scott takes Mexico City, Source: ToW

References

   1. http://www.quarterman.org/q/timeline.html
   2. http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/sep14.html
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