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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1819 Walt Whitman, poet.
1857 Pope Pius XI, (Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti) 259th pope of the Roman Catholic Church [1922-1939]
1894 Fred Allen, Comedian, radio star.
1898 Norman Vincent Peale
1908 Don Ameche, Actor.
1922 Denholm Elliott, Actor.
1930 Clint Eastwood, Dirty Harry.
1933 Shirley Verrett, opera singer.
1938 Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul & Mary.
1941 Johnny Paycheck, country singer.
1943 Joe Namath, athlete.
1950 Gregory Harrison, Actor.
1950 Tom Berenger, Actor.
1961 Lea Thompson, Actress.
1965 Brooke Shields, Actress.
Events On This Day In History
1678 Lady Godiva takes a ride through Coventry.
1837 New York's Astor Hotel opens ... most elaborate in the U.S.
1859 Town Ball was created, which became baseball 20 years later.
1868 First recorded bicycle race, 2 kilometers in Paris.
1870 Asphalt pavement is patented by E.J. DeSemdt.
1879 First electric railway opens at Berlin Trades Exposition.
1880 Leage of American Wheelman is formed in Rhode Island.
1889 Johnstown Flood occurs, killing 2,300 people.
1907 Taxis arrive in New York City.
1929 First reindeer born in the United States (Not the North Pole).
1941 First issue of Parade magazine is published.
1976 The Who puts on the loudest concert in recorded history with 76,000 watts at 120 decibels.
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