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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1883 Lon Chaney, man of a thousand faces.
1929 Jane Powell
1932 Debbie Reynolds, dancer.
1939 Lee MacGraw
Events On This Day In History
1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans Businessman, creates the "$" symbol.
1850 San Francisco County Government is established.
1889 The first dishwashing machine is marketed in Chicago.
1941 Navy takes over San Francisco Bay's Treasure Island.
1960 TIROS I (Television & Infra-Red Observation Satellite) launched to improve weather prediction.
1963 The Soap Opera "General Hospital" airs for the first time.
1963 Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" is released.
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