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Today in History   Home   MailVICE   SmartFix ToolBox Today in History Pick a date! JanuaryFebruaryMarchAprilMayJuneJulyAugustSeptemberOctoberNovemberDecember12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031 Birthdays 1943 Andy Roxburgh, Football coach 1936 Yves Saint-Laurent, Designer 1933 Dom Deluise, American film actor 1930 Lionel Bart, Composer 1921 Jack Kramer, American tennis player 1815 Richard Henry Dana, American novelist  Events: 1976 Trinidad and Tobago became an independent country from Britain 1975 The Helsinki Agreement, on human rights, was signed by over 35 nations 1965 Cigarette advertising on British television was banned 1914 Germany declared war on the Soviet Union; Italy declared itself neutral 1912 An airmail service between London and Paris began 1834 The British Empire abolished slavery 1798 The English navy, under Nelson, defeated the French at the Battle of the Nile 1793 The metric unit of mass, the kilogram, was introduced in France 1774 Joseph Priestley isolated the gas 'oxygen' for the first time 1498 Christopher Columbus reached the mainland of North America © 2010, Zylus Internet Services - All rights reserved.