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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1870 Joseph B. Strauss, civil engineer & builder of Golden Gate Bridge.
1901 Chic Young, creator of the "Blondie" comic strip.
1913 Richard M. Nixon, 37th President from (1968 - 1974).
1935 Dick Enberg
1941 Joan Baez, singer.
1941 Susanna York, actress.
1951 Crystal Gale, singer.
Events On This Day In History
1793 First balloon flight in North America takes place in Philadelphia.
1799 First income tax imposed, in England.
1839 The daguerrotype process announced at French Academy of Science
1847 First San Francisco paper, "California Star", published.
1848 First commercial bank in San Francisco established.
1982 5.9 earthquake in New England/Canada, last one was in 1855.
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