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1753 - Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, 1st balloon flights in England, US |
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1804 - Nathaniel Hawthorne, American author (The Scarlet Letter). |
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1807 - Giuseppe Garibaldi, unifier of Italy. |
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1826 - Stephen Foster, American composer (Oh, Susanna, Swanee River). |
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1867 - Stephen Mather, organizer of the US National Park Service. |
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1872 - Calvin Coolidge, (R), 30th pres (1923-29) |
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1878 - George M Cohan, entertainer |
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1883 - Rube Goldberg, made the easy outrageously difficult. |
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1900 - Louis Armstrong, 'Satchmo' |
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1902 - Meyer Lansky, mobster |
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1902 - George Murphy, actor, dancer, Calif Sen |
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1911 - Mitch Miller |
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1912 - Virginia Graham, TV personality |
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1916 - Tokyo Rose |
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1918 - Abigail Van Buren & Ann Landers, twin sisters, advice columnists |
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1921 - Gerard Debreu, French economist (Nobel 1983). |
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1924 - Eva Marie Saint, actress Newark |
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1927 - Neil Simon, playwright |
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1928 - Steven Boyd, actor |
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1928 - Gina Lollobrigida, actress/photographer, Italy |
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1930 - George Steinbrenner, NY Yankees owner. |
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1962 - Pam Shriver, Tennis player |