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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1596 Rene Descartes, he thought, therefore he was (or so he thought), born.
In 1732 Franz Josef Haydn, composer, helped develop the Classical style, born.
In 1809 Edward FitzGerald, writer, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, born.
In 1811 Robert Wilhelm Eberhard von Bunsen, of burner fame, born.
In 1854 Sir Dugald Clerk, inventor of the 2-stroke motorcycle engine, born.
In 1889 The Eiffel Tower in Paris was completed and officially opened to the public.
In 1918 Daylight savings time instituted.
In 1932 Ford Motor Company publicly unveiled its first V-8 engine.
In 1934 Shirley Jones (in Pennsylvania), actor (Partridge Family), born.
In 1943 Christopher Walken, actor (Dead Zone, View to a Kill), born.
In 1943 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Oklahoma! opened on Broadway.
In 1948 Rhea Perlman (in Brooklyn, NY), actor (Taxi, Cheers), born.
In 1953 U.N. Security Council nominated Dag Hammarskjold secretary-general.
In 1958 U.S. Navy forms atomic submarine division.
In 1976 Court ruled Karen Anne Quinlan could be disconnected from respirator.
In 1980 Jesse Owens of 1936 Berlin Olympics fame died in Arizona at 66.
In 1986 167 die when a Mexicana Airlines Boeing 727 crashed.
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