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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1475 Michelangelo, Renaissance artist, born.
In 1619 Cyrano de Bergerac, writer, born.
In 1756 Aaron Burr, duelist, born.
In 1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, poet, born.
In 1836 The Alamo falls. (Remember it!)
In 1923 Ed McMahon, #1 second banana, famed announcer, sweepstakes harbinger, born.
In 1924 William Webster, FBI director, born.
In 1927 Gordon Cooper Jr., astronaut, born.
In 1930 Brooklyn's Clarence Birdseye puts the first individually packaged frozen foods on sale, in Springfield, Mass.
In 1937 Merle Haggard, singer, born.
In 1937 Valentina Tereshkova (in Russia), cosmonaut, first woman in space, born.
In 1944 Mary Wilson, singer (Supremes), born.
In 1945 Rob Reiner, actor, director (All in the Family, Spinal Tap), born.
In 1947 Kiki Dee (in Yorkshire, England), singer, born.
In 1957 The Gold Coast gains independence and takes the name Ghana.
In 1963 Patsy Cline, Cowboy Copus, and Hawkshaw Hawkins die in a plane crash.
In 1981 Soyuz 39 returns to Earth.
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