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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1914 Abdel Karim Kassem, dictator of Iraq (1958-63)
1929 Audrey Hepburn, actress.
1943 Stella Parton, sister of Dolly Parton/singer (A Woman's Touch)
1959 Randy Travis, country singer (Diggin' Up Bones)
1967 Matthew Crane, actor (Matt Cory-Another World)
Events On This Day In History
1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons.
1715 French manufacturer debuts first folding umbrella -- in Paris, not Cherbourg!
1851 First of the major San Francisco fires.
1878 Phonograph shown for first time at the Grand Opera House.
1983 The final episode of Laverne & Shirley airs.
1908 The Great White Fleet arrives in San Francisco.
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