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(Public) On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day

In 1493 Alexander VI divides non-Christian world between Spain and Portugal.
In 1626 Indians sell Manhattan Island for $24 in cloth and buttons.
In 1715 French manufacturer debuts 1st folding umbrella (Paris).
In 1825 Thomas Henry Huxley scientist/humanist/Darwinist, born.
In 1858 War of the Reform (Mexico); Liberals establish capital at Vera Cruz.
In 1886 Haymarket riot in Chicago; bomb kills 7 policemen.
In 1891 Sherlock Holmes "dies" at Reichenbach Falls.
In 1918 Kakuei Tanaka Japanese PM convicted of bribe-taking, born.
In 1927 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences forms.
In 1929 Audrey Hepburn (Hepburn-Ruston Edda van Heemstra), Brussels, Belguim (Breakfast at Tiffany's, My Fair Lady), born.
In 1938 Douglas Hyde (a protestant) becomes 1st president of Eire.
In 1958 Keith Haring Kutztown Pa, graffiti artist (Vanity Fair, Paris Review), born.
In 1959 Randy Travis country singer (Always and Forever), born.
In 1970 4 students at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard during anti-war protest.
In 1976 Kiss performs their 1st concert.
In 1979 Margaret Thatcher becomes prime minister of UK.
In 1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger.
In 1990 Latvia's parliment votes 138-0 (1 abstention) for Independence.
In 1991 Pres Bush is hospitalized for erratic heartbeat.