Talk:July 18
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- 64 - The Great Fire of Rome burned completely out of control, while Roman Emperor Nero reportedly played his lyre and sang as he watched the blaze from a safe distance.
- 1863 - American Civil War: The first formal African American military unit, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, saw action against the Confederacy's Fort Wagner.
- 1925 - Adolf Hitler published his personal manifesto Mein Kampf.
- 1944 - General Hideki Tojo (pictured) was forced to resign as Prime Minister of Japan after a series of setbacks towards the end of World War II.
- 1982 - The Guatemalan army and allied paramilitaries slaughtered upwards of 250 Maya campesinos in the Plan de Sánchez massacre.
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[edit] Barthélemy Faujas de Saint - Error with years of birth/death
The page currently has: "1819 - Barthélemy Faujas de Saint, French geologist (b. 1741)" under the births section. So why does it say b. 1741?! If no one responds by 1/27/2006, I think I'll try to do some reseearch on her (there's no wikipedia article), otherwise, I'm deleting this line. Reuvenk 23:25, 22 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Conflict with article?
Should the bit about the Great Fire of Rome state "while Roman Emperor Nero reportedly played his lyre and sang as he watched the blaze from a safe distance" when the article contradicts that? While "reportedly" is used, the report in question is, well, questionable, as the article explains. PoptartKing 01:59, 18 July 2006 (UTC)
