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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1906 Billy Wilder
1936 Kris Kristopherson, song writer, (not a singer).
1949 Mary Louise Streep, aka Meryl Streep, actress.
Events On This Day In History
1808 Zebulon Pike reaches his peak.
1847 The doughnut is invented, police officers everywhere rejoice.
1849 Stephen C. Massett opens at courthouse as first professional entertainer, using (allegedly) the only piano in California.
1940 France falls to Nazi Germany.
1957 Kansas City stops using streetcars in its transit system.
1978 The planet Pluto's partner, Charon, is discovered.
1979 The day DISCO officially died, (Yeah!)
1983 First time a satellite is retrieved from orbit, by Space Shuttle.
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