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1856
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George Bernard Shaw (Irish Dramatist; 1925 Nobel Laureate for Literature)
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1796
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George Catlin (Wisconsin-born Artist of Native Americans and the American West)
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1952 |
Reza Deghati (Iranian-born Photographer) |
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1874
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Sergei Koussevitzky (Russian-American Conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra)
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1882
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Lucy Randolph Mason (Virginia-born Social Activist, Union Organizer)
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1884
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Martin L. Davey (Governor of Ohio: 1935-1939)
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1916
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Cecil Farris Bryant (34th governor of Florida: 1961-1965)
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1914
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Erskine Hawkins (Alabama-born African-American Charter Member of the Jazz Hall of Fame)
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1928
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Stanley Kubrick (New York City-born Academy Award-Winning Film Director)
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1945
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Helen Mirren (English Academy Award-Winning Actress)
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1834
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Jonathan Jennings (New Jersey-born First Governor of Indiana)
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1875
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Arthur Schott (German-American Scientist, Artist, Musician)
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1954
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Ruth Bryan Owen (Illinois-born First Female from Florida to Serve in the U.S. Congress)
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1965
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Eugene Burdick (Iowa-born Author of "Fail-Safe" and "The Ugly American")
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1969
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Frank Loesser (New York City-born Songwriter)
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1997
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Mattie Lou O'Kelley (Georgia-born African-American Folk Artist, Illustrator)
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1701
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Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and His Men Begin Construction of Detroit's Original Sainte Anne's Catholic Church
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1827
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In Georgia, the Cherokee Nation Adopts a National Constitution Patterned After That of the United States
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1845
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U.S. Troops Raise the American Flag over Texas for the First Time
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1861
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Near Las Cruces, New Mexico, Confederates Capture Fort Fillmore and 400 Union Troops
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1864
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Major General Oliver O. Howard Succeeds Deceased General McPherson as Commander of the Union's Army of the Tennessee
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Confederate Troops Ambush Union Forces on Three Sides at Wallace's Ferry in Arkansas
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1869
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Colquitt, Georgia Is Incorporated
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1876
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Daytona Beach, Florida Is Incorporated
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1877
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The Nolan Expedition Begins an Ill-Fated Pursuit of the Last Comanches to Conduct a Raid in Texas
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1880
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California's Folsom Prison Receives Its First 44 Inmates From San Quentin
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1892
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Almost 8" of Rain Fall in St. Paul, Minnesota, Elevating Lake Como 14"
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1896
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Miami, Florida Is Incorporated
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1898
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American and Spanish Soldiers Skirmish at Yauco, Puerto Rico
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1917
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Italian-American Raffaele Mercogliano Is the First Floridian Drafted into Service for World War I
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1923
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West Virginia's First State Gasoline Tax Takes Effect
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1924
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More Than 13,000 Attend a Ku Klux Klan Rally Near Seattle, Washington
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1928
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Seattle, Washington's First Municipal Airport (Boeing Field) Is Dedicated
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1952
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Alabama Senator John Sparkman Is Named as the Democratic Vice-Presidential Running Mate with Adlai Stevenson
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1998
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Former Dodger Pitching Great Don Sutton Is Inducted into the Major League Baseball Hall of Fame
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