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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1907 Fay Wray, actress
1929 Arnold Palmer, golfer
1934 Charles Kuralt, "On the road..." for CBS.
1945 Jose Feliciano, singer
Events On This Day In History
1608 John Smith elected president of the Jamestown colony council.
1846 Elias Howe receives patent for his sewing machine.
1847 First theater opens in Hawaii.
1869 A Baptist minister invents the rickshaw in Yokohama, Japan to help his invalid wife get about.
1913 Lincoln Highway opens as first paved coast-to-coast highway.
1953 Swanson sells its first "TV Dinner." It tasted like a rerun!
1955 "Gunsmoke" premieres on CBS television.
1965 Last episode of Mr. Ed airs
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