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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1869 Booth Tarkington, novelist.
1871 Rasputin, the mad Russian monk.
1905 Clara Bow
1905 Thelma Todd
1907 Melvin Belli, San Francisco's "King of Torts."
Events On This Day In History
1835 First sugar plantation in Hawaii begun.
1858 First commercial treaty between US and Japan is signed.
1914 First transcontinental phone link made. It's between NYC and San Francisco.
1920 First transcontinental airmail flight from New York to San Francisco.
1926 Don Juan opens with the most kisses, 127 in a single movie.
1958 Southern Pacific Bay Ferries stop running.
1981 The wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana.
1996 Carl Lewis wins his 9th Gold Medal in the 1996 Olympics.
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