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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1862 O Henry, pen name of William Sidney Porter, short story writer.
1885 D. H. Lawrence, Taos pioneer.
1913 Bear Bryant, keeps the Crimson Tide winning...
1967 Harry Connick Jr.
Events On This Day In History
1850 Swedish Nightingale Jenny Lind gives her first concert.
1853 First electric telegraph in use, Merchant's Exchange to Pt. Lobos.
1910 First commercially successful electric bus line opens, in Hollywood.
1926 Aloha Tower dedicated (in Honolulu Harbor.)
1929 Mayor Rolph inaugurates new pedestrian traffic light system.
1972 BART begins service with a 26 mile line from Oakland to Freemont.
1978 Mork & Mindy premiers
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