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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1858 George Washington Goethals, engineer who built the Panama Canal.
1901 Nelson Eddy, baritone great duets with Janet McDonald.
1919 Slim Pickens
Events On This Day In History
1776 Mission Dolores founded in San Francisco Bay.
1854 Congress ratifies Gadsden Purchase, adds parts of New Mexico and Arizona.
1863 The very first "First National Bank" opens in Davenport, Iowa.
1927 First flight from the West Coast arrives in Hawaii.
1939 The Dixie Clipper completes the first commercial plane flight to Europe.
1964 First remote control is sold with a TV.
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