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Show THIS DATE IN HISTOBV- JVhX 8. 1116-Dcatb of Peter the Hermit, preacher of the First Crusade; Cru-sade; supposed to have been born lKOt 1621-Blrth of Jean cle la Fontaine, Fon-taine, Trench writer of fables; fa-bles; died 1605. 1709-Charlcs XXI of Sweden, "the madman of the north," defeated at Pultowa, one of the fifteen decisive battles of sheli.kt. the world, by Peter the IBM-Death of EUhu Yale, founder of Yale col-lege; col-lege; ngeU 73. 1708-Woshingtoo chosen as the capital of the United States. ITOT-Death of Edmund Burke, English statesman; states-man; aged 6H. 181S-Remains of Gen. Bit-hard Montgomery, killed at Quebeo 1W5, interred in St. Paul s, New York lft-Percy Shelley, the poet, drowned; born 17K. 1865-Death of Bir Edward Parry, Arctio navigator, navi-gator, aged 63. J873-Death of Hon. Frank P. Blair, aged 54. lSW7-At Portland. Ore., death of Ben HaUidoy, pioneer of tho pony express in the United States, aged 68. 1880-Sullivan and Kilrain fought seventy-flvs rounds at Richburg, Miss.; Buliivan won. |