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1739 - George Clymer, signed Decl of Ind, Constitution |
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1750 - Caroline Lucretia Herchel, 1st mod woman astronomer, Hanover, Germany |
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1751 - James Madison, (D-R), 4th pres (1809-17) |
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1787 - Georg Simon Ohm, physicist, discovered Ohm's Law |
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1836 - Andrew S Hallidie, cable car inventor |
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1839 - Sully Prudhomme, French poet, 1st Nobel winner (1901) |
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1903 - Mike Mansfield, (D-Mont.), Sen majority whip |
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1906 - Henny Youngman, comedian |
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1912 - Pat Nixon, 1st lady, Ely Nev |
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1916 - Lloyd McBride, United Steelworkers pres |
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1926 - Jerry Lewis, entertainer, fund raiser, loved in France |
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1927 - Daniel Patrick Moynihan, (D), NY sen |
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1927 - Vladimir Komarov, cosmonaut (Voskhod 1, Soyuz 1) |
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1932 - R Walter Cunningham, astronaut (Apollo 7) |
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1949 - Erik Estrada, actor (CHiPs) |
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1951 - Kate Nelligan, London Ontario |
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1954 - Nancy Wilson, SF, rocker (Heart) |