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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1915 Zero "Samuel" Mostel, Brooklyn, actor (Fiddler on the Roof)
1931 Gavin MacLeod, Mt Kisco NY, actor (Murray-Mary Tyler Moore, Love Boat)
1940 Joe South, Atlanta, guitarist/songwriter/singer (Games People Play)
1962 Rae Dawn Chong, Edmonton Alberta, actress (Quest for Fire)
1967 Marcus Lillington, rock guitarist (Breathe-All I Need)
1971 John Buchanan, actor (Sidekicks, Black Stallion, Family Man)
Events On This Day In History
1849 First steamship enters San Francisco Bay.
1854 Republican Party is organized, in Ripon, Wisconsin.
1883 First vaudeville theater opens.
1914 Construction begins on The Tower of Jewels for the exposition.
1956 Forrester issued a patent for computer core memory.
1970 Bicycles now permitted to cross Golden Gate Bridge.
1983 The last episode of M.A.S.H airs with over 121 million viewers.
1994 ATF agents unsuccessfully raid the Davidian Compound.
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