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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1785 John James Audubon, birdwatcher
1822 Frederick L. Olmstead
1900 Charles Richter, he tells us how bad the quakes are.
1936 Carol Burnett, comedienne, actress.
Events On This Day In History
1607 First British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Virginia.
1906 First motion pictures shown in Hawaii.
1954 Nationwide test of the Salk anti-polio vaccine begins.
1971 San Francisco light ship is replaced by automatic buoy.
1981 The largest bank robbery in the U.S. (3.3 Million) occurs in Tucson, AZ.
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