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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1870 George Cormack, the inventor of "Wheaties" cereal.
1882 Igor Stravinsky, composer (The Rite of Spring.)
1904 Ralph Bellamy
1917 Dean Martin, actor, straight man.
1946 Barry Manalow, singer, songwriter.
1951 Joe Piscopo, actor, comedian.
1954 Mark Linn-Baker, actor.
1963 Greg Kinnear, actor.
Events On This Day In History
1579 Sir Francis Drake lands on the coast of California.
1775 British take Bunker Hill outside of Boston.
1885 Statue of Liberty arrives in New York.
1912 German Zeppelin SZ 111 burns in its hanger at Friedrichshafen.
1931 Indochinese Communist Leader Ho Chi Mihn is arrested by The British.
1944 Republic of Iceland proclaimed at Thingvallir, Iceland.
1969 The broadway musical "Old Calcutta" opens using the naked human body for the first time as a stage costume.
1972 The Watergate Break-in. How time flies . . .
1994 O.J. Simpson and Al Cowlings take a slow trip down the Los Angelas freeway (They interrupted the Damn NBA Playoffs!).
1997 Robert De Niro marries Grace Hightower.
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