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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1559 Sir Thomas Pope, English politician, benefactor, dies at about 52.
In 1700 Daniel Bernoulli, Basel, Switzerland, mathematician, born.
In 1737 Thomas Paine, political essayist (Common Sense, Age of Reason), born.
In 1834 Pres Jackson orders 1st use of US troops to suppress a labor dispute.
In 1837 Aleksandr Pushkin, poet, novelist, dramatist, killed in a duel.
In 1845 Edgar Allen Poe's The Raven 1st published.
In 1856 Victoria Cross established to acknowledge bravery.
In 1860 Anton Pavlovich, Chekhov Russia, writer (Cherry Orchard), born.
In 1880 W.C. Fields [Claude William Dukenfield], actor (Bank [censored]), born.
In 1916 1st zeppelin raid (on Paris).
In 1920 Walt Disney starts 1st job as an artist; $40 week with KC Slide Co..
In 1923 1st flight of the autogiro (Juan de la Cierva, Madrid Spain).
In 1939 Germaine Greer, Melbourne, Australia, feminist/author (Female Eunich), born.
In 1945 Tom Selleck, actor (Lance-Rockford Files, Magnum PI), born.
In 1953 Oprah Winfrey, actress/TV host (Color Purple), born.
In 1956 H.L. Mencken, satirist, critic, dies in Baltimore at 75.
In 1959 Walt Disney's Sleeping Beauty released.
In 1964 9th Winter Olympic games open in Innsbruck, Austria.
In 1969 Jimi Hendrix and Peter Townshend wage a battle of guitars.
In 1974 Sara Gilbert, actress (Melissa-Roseanne), born.
In 1979 Brenda Spencer kills 2, inspires Boomtown Rats I Don't Like Mondays.
In 1989 USSR's Phobos II enters Martian orbit.
In 1991 Nelson Mandela meets Chief Buthelezi in Durban.
In 1991 Battle for Khafji in Saudia Arabia(begins).
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