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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1856 Sigmund Freud, psycologist, cigar smoker.
1870 A.P. Giannini, founder of Bank of America.
1895 Rudolph Valentino, sheik.
1903 Daniel Gerber, founder of "Strained Peas" and other flavors of baby food.
1915 Orson Welles, citizen.
1931 Willie Mays, The "Say Hey Kid".
1942 Tammy Wynette, singer.
1960 Roma Downey, Touched by An Angel.
1961 George Clooney, actor, ER "Dr. Doug Ross".

Events On This Day In History
1851 Patent granted to Dr. John Farrie for a "refrigeration machine."
1851 Chamber of Commerce of San Francisco starts.
1860 The Olympic Club, first athletic club in US, founded.
1906 Temporary permit to erect overhead wires on Market Street which allowed "United Railroads" to run electric street cars.
1915 Babe Ruth hits first major league home run.
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