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1753   Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, first balloon flights in England, US.
     Today, this person is/would be 256 years old.
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1804   Nathaniel Hawthorne
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1826   Stephen Foster, American composer, "Oh, Susanna."
     Today, this person is/would be 183 years old.
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1872   Calvin Coolidge, 30th President from (1923 - 1929).
     Today, this person is/would be 137 years old.
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1878   George M. Cohan, "Yankee Doodle Dandy".
     Today, this person is/would be 131 years old.
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1883   Rube Goldberg, made the easy outrageously difficult.
     Today, this person is/would be 126 years old.
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1900   Louis Armstrong, "Satchmo."
     Today, this person is/would be 109 years old.
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1920   Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, sisters, advice givers.
     Today, this person is/would be 89 years old.
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1924   Eva Marie Saint, actress.
     Today, this person is/would be 85 years old.
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1927   Neil Simon, director, producer.
     Today, this person is/would be 82 years old.
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1928   Gina Lolabrigida, actress.
     Today, this person is/would be 81 years old.
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1943   Geraldo Rivera, talk show host.
     Today, this person is/would be 66 years old.
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1946   Sylvester Stallone, actor.
     Today, this person is/would be 63 years old.
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1966   George Steinbrenner, owner of "The Yankees".
     Today, this person is/would be 43 years old.
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Events On This Day In History
1054   Brightest known super-nova starts shining, for 23 days.
1845   Thoreau moves into his shack on Walden Pond.
1863   Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho.)
1873   Aquarium opens in Woodward Gardens.
1876   First public exhibiton of electric light in San Francisco.
1894   Elwood Haynes successfully tests one of the first US autos.
1903   Pacific Cable (San Francisco, Hawaii, Guam, Phillipines) opens. President Roosevelt sends message to the Phillipines, then a message around the World in 12 minutes, almost as fast as the internet.
1933   Work begins on the Oakland Bay Bridge.

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