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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1740 James Boswell, Samuel Johnson's biographer.
1947 Richard Dreyfuss, actor.
1948 Kate Jackson, actress, angel.
1971 Winona Laura Horowitz, aka Winona Ryder, actress.
Events On This Day In History
1833 First College Fraternity founded.
1863 International Committee of the Red Cross founded.
1894 First election of the Hawaiian Republic.
1904 The first intercity trucking service goes into business with a route between Colorado City and Snyder, Texas.
1923 Turkey is proclaimed to have a republican government.
1929 "Black Tuesday", the Stock Market crash.
1939 Golden Gate International Exposition closes (first closure.)
1956 "Goodnight, David" "Goodnight, Chet" heard on NBC for first time. (Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up.)
1974 Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman.
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