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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1723 Adam Smith, economist
1883 John Maynard Keynes, another economist.
1900 Dennis Gabor, inventor of holography (3D laser photography.)
1934 Bill Moyers
1967 Matt Bullard, Houston Rockets forward, #50.
1971 Mark Wahlberg, actor, model, rap artist.
Events On This Day In History
1783 Joseph & Jacques Montgolifier demonstrate their hot-air balloon in a 10 minute flight.
1833 Ada Lovelace (future first computer programmer) meets Charles Babbage.
1849 Denmark becomes a constitutional monarchy.
1875 Formal opening of the Pacific Stock Exchange.
1884 Civil War hero Gen. William T. Sherman refused presidential nomination saying "I will not accept if nominated nor serve if elected."
1933 U.S. abandons Gold standard.
1940 Battle of France begun.
1947 Secretary of State George C. Marshall gives speech at Harvard oulining what became "The Marshall Plan".
1967 War erupted in the Middleeast with Israel.
1975 Egypt re-opens Suez Canal to international shipping 8 years after closing it because of the 1967 war with Israel.
1986 Ronald W. Pelton is convicted of selling secrets to the Soviet Union. He received 3 life terms plus 10 years.
1993 Mariah Carey marries Tommy Mottoler.
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