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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1265 Dante Alighieri, Italian poet
1672 Peter I, (the Great) czar of Russia
1908 Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs, Elmer, Porky, and Daffy.
1909 Benny Goodman, swinger.
1916 Dr. Joseph W. Kennedy, scientist, discoverer of plutonium.
1926 Johnny Gimble, Country musician.
1927 Clint Walker, Actor.
1936 Ruta Lee, Actress.
1939 Michael J. Pollard, Actor.
1951 Stephen Tobolowsky, Actor.
1953 Colm Meaney, Actor (Chief O'Brien).
1958 Ted McGinley, Actor.
1961 Ralph Carter, Actor.
1964 Tom Morello, (Rage Against The Machine), musician.
1964 Wynonna, Country singer.
1971 Patrick Dahlheimer, musician.
1972 Trey Parker, Actor.
1974 Cee-Lo (Goodie Mob), rapper.

Events On This Day In History
1431 Joan of Arc burned at the stake for being a heretic.
1539 Spanish explorer Hernando de Soto landed in Florida.
1854 The territories of Nebraska and Kansas were established.
1883 12 people were trampled when rumors that the Brooklyn Bridge was in danger of collapsing.
1911 Indianapolis 500 car race run for first time. Winning driver Ray Harroun takes it with a blazing 75 mph.
1922 The Lincoln Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C., by Chief Justice William Howard Taft.
1937 10 people were killed when police fired on steelworkers demonstrating near the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago.
1943 American forces secured the Aleutian island of Attu from the Japanese during World War II.
1958 Unidentified soldiers killed in World War II and the Korean conflict were buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
1971 The American space probe Mariner IX blasted off from Cape Kennedy, Fla., on a journey to Mars.
1980 Pope John Paul II arrived in France on the first visit by the head of the Roman Catholic Church since the early 19th century.
1981 The compact disk is introduced.
1981 Tommy Lee Jones marries Kimberlea Gayle Cloughley.
1982 Spain became NATO's 16th member.
1982 Kelsey Grammer marries Doreen Alderman.
1996 Britain's Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson were granted an uncontested decree ending their 10-year marriage.

And Don't Forget . . .
The REAL Memorial Day, no matter what day of the week!

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