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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1919 Pierre Trudeau, Canadian Prime Minister.
1927 George C. Scott, actor.
1950 Wendy Wassestein, Playwriter.
1956 Martina Navratilova
1961 Wynton Marsalis,
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Events On This Day In History
1776 The back of a bar in New York is decorated with birds' tail feathers.
A customer jokingly asked for a glass of those "cock tails," and a tradition was born!
1869 The United States takes possession of Alaska.
1873 The Ivey League establishes rules for college football.
1892 First commercial long-distance phone line opens between Chicago and New York.
1922 British Broadcasting Corporation established.
1967 The FDA declares marijuana, to be as dangerous as alcohol.
1988 The first episode of Roseanne premiers.
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