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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1452 Leonardo da Vinci, factotum.
1707 Leonhard Euler, mathematician.
1933 Roy Clark, "Hee Haw".
1959 Emma Thompson, actress.
Events On This Day In History
1738 The bottle opener is invented, (when was the bottle invented?)
1850 City of San Francisco incorporated.
1912 Titanic sinks at 2:20 AM. And the band played on . . .
1922 The famed "Poodle Dog" restaurant closes.
1923 Insulin becomes generally available for diabetics.
1928 Alioto's on Fisherman's Wharf opens for business.
1955 Ray Kroc starts the McDonald's chain of fast food restaurants.
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