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October 16 - Palace of Westminster destroyed by fire

# December 10 - Sir Robert Peel succeeds Lord Melbourne as Prime Minister of the UK

December 11 - Outbreak of the Sixth Xhosa War; severe clashes between white settlers and Bantu peoples in Cape Colony. Dutch speaking settlers colonize area north of Orange River.

# British East India Company monopoly on China trade ends.

Stephen F. Austin (November 3, 1793 – December 27, 1836)

he even has a college named after him.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tAp9BKosZXs

this chick should do a couple porns.

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known as the "Father of Texas", led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by settlers from the United States. The capital city, Austin, Texas, Austin County, Texas, Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas, Austin College in Sherman, Texas, as well as a number of K-12 schools are named in his honor.

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wow.....................

Mars was named after the roman god of war.

wow there's a lot of god of wars

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7500 geez this thread is growing so fast.