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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1788 Augustin-Jean Fresnel, pioneered in optics.
1899 Fred Astaire, tap dancer.
1902 David O. Selznick, film producer.
1936 Glenda Jackson
1946 Candice Bergen, the dime lady.
1949 Billy Joel, "Piano Man"
1960 Bono, (B. Paul Hewson), of U2.
Events On This Day In History
1775 Continental Congress issues paper currency for the first time.
1823 First steamboat to ascent the Mississippi River arrives at Fort Snelling, Minnesota.
1869 The Driving of the Golden Spike, Promontory Point, Utah -- The Transcontinential railroad is completed.
1930 First US planetarium opens, in Chicago.
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