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Famous People Born On This Day In History
1765 Robert Fulton, built first commercial steamboat.
1776 Henri Dutrochet, discovered & named process of osmosis.
1840 Claude Monet, impressionist.
1900 Aaron Copeland, american composer (Billy the Kid, Appalachian Spring)
1921 Brian Keith, actor.
1929 Mclean Stevenson, actor.
1948 Prince Charles, royalty.
Events On This Day In History
1792 George Vancouver is first English man to enter San Francisco Bay.
1832 First streetcar appears, in New York.
1851 "Moby Dick", by Herman Melville, is published.
1883 The Jukebox is invented.
1889 Nellie Bly beats Phineas Fogg's time for a trip around the world by 8 days (72 days.)
1910 First airplane flight from the deck of a ship.
1959 Kilauea Volcano's most spectacular eruption (in Hawaii.)
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