出处：合智学英语 作者：成杰 时间：2008-1-10 14:31:34
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On this date:
In 1809, Louis Braille, inventor of a reading
system for the blind, was born in Coupvray,
France.
In 1821, the first native-born American saint, Elizabeth Ann Seton, died in Emmitsburg, Maryland.
In 1885, Dr. William W. Grant of Davenport, Iowa, performed what's believed to have been the first appendectomy on 22-year-old Mary Gartside.
In 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th state.
In 1948, Britain granted independence to Burma.
In 1951, during the Korean conflict, North Korean and Communist Chinese forces captured the city of Seoul.
