Famous People Born On This Day In History...
Events On This Day In History...
And Don't Forget...
1753, Jean-Pierre-Francois Blanchard, first balloon flights in England, US.
Today, this person is/would be 256 years old.
1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne.
Today, this person is/would be 205 years old.
1826, Stephen Foster, American composer, "Oh, Susanna."
Today, this person is/would be 183 years old.
1872, Calvin Coolidge, 30th President from (1923 - 1929).
Today, this person is/would be 137 years old.
1878, George M. Cohan, "Yankee Doodle Dandy".
Today, this person is/would be 131 years old.
1883, Rube Goldberg, made the easy outrageously difficult.
Today, this person is/would be 126 years old.
1900, Louis Armstrong, "Satchmo."
Today, this person is/would be 109 years old.
1920, Sisters Ann Landers and Abigail Van Buren, advice givers.
Today, this person is/would be 89 years old.
1924, Eva Marie Saint, actress.
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1927, Neil Simon, director, producer.
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1928, Gina Lolabrigida, actress.
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1943, Geraldo Rivera, talk show host.
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1946, Sylvester Stallone, actor.
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1966, George Steinbrenner, owner of "The Yankees".
Today, this person is/would be 43 years old.
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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