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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1632 Sir Christopher Wren, astronomer, greatest English architect of his time, built many of the cathedrals in London.
1812 Austin Flint, 19th century pioneer in US heart research.
1874 Charles Ives, composer.
1925 Art Buchwald
1931 Mickey Mantle, baseball legend.
1950 Tom Petty, singer/songwriter.
1972 Calvin Broadus, aka Snoop Doggy Dog, rap artist.
Events On This Day In History
1600 Battle of Sekigahara, which established the Tokugawa clan as rulers of Japan (SHOGUN) until 1865 (basis of Clavell's novel.)
1817 The first "Showboat" leaves Nashville, Tennessee to give shows along the Mississippi. It was a converted keelboat.
1820 Spain gives Florida to the United States.
1906 Dr. Lee DeForest gives a demonstration of his radio tube.
1975 The worlds largest popsicle is assembled, (5,750 lbs.).
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