Difference between revisions of "May 9"

Latest revision as of 11:07, 23 April 2013

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[more] What else happened today
1789 — French artillery officer and engineer who revolutionized French cannon, Lieutenant General Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval, passed away in Amiens, France. 1919 — Canadian World War II veteran and chief executive officer of The War Amps, Clifford Chadderton is born in Fort William, Ontario. 1980 — In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a violent shoot-out and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Such was its impact that even today it is still used to train law enforcement personnel in anti-terrorism and survival tactics.

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-* [[1789]] &mdash; [[French]] [[artillery]] officer and engineer who revolutionized French [[cannon]], Lieutenant General [[Jean-Baptiste Vaquette de Gribeauval]], passed away in Amiens, France.
-* [[1919]] &mdash; Canadian [[World War II]] veteran and chief executive officer of [http://www.waramps.ca/ The War Amps], Clifford Chadderton is born in Fort William, Ontario.
-* [[1980]] &mdash; In Norco, California, five masked gunman hold up a Security Pacific bank, leading to a [[ Norco shootout  |violent shoot-out]] and one of the largest pursuits in California history. Such was its impact that even today it is still used to train law enforcement personnel in anti-terrorism and survival tactics.
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