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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1817 First American school for the deaf (Hartford, Connecticut).
In 1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theatre by J.W. Booth.
In 1889 Arnold Toynbee, historian, born.
In 1894 First motion picture shown in NY City.
In 1904 Sir John Gielgud, actor, singer, born.
In 1912 The RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg at 11:40 p.m.
In 1925 Rod Steiger, actor, born.
In 1935 Loretta Lynn (in Kentucky), Ms. Country Music, coal miner's daughter, born.
In 1945 Tokyo incendiary raids, using B-29's, damage Imperial Palace.
In 1956 Ampex Corporation demonstrates first commercial videotape recorder. It's a unit the size of a deep-freeze, with an additional 5 6-foot racks of circuitry.
In 1981 First Space Shuttle - Columbia 1 returns to Earth.
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