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This Day in History
Birthdays 0994:Muhammad ibn Hazm, historian jurist writer of Islamic Spain 1598:Francisco de Zurbar n, Spanish Baroque painter 1867:Madame Marie Sklodowska Curie, discovered radium (Nobel 1903 1911) 1879:Leon Trotsky, Russian Communist theorist Bolshevik 1903:Konrad Lorenz, zoologist ethologist writer (Nobel 1973) 1913:Albert Camus, French novelist playwright (Plauge) (Nobel 1957) 1918:Billy Graham, evangelist 1922:Al Hirt, trumpet player 1926:Joan Sutherland, in Sydney Australia 1943:Joni Mitchell, in Alberta Canada singer (Clouds) 1943:Judith Frost, in British Columbia 1944:Joe Niekro, 1957:Kathy McMillan, track star 1964:Dana Plato, in Maywood California
Facts 1805:Lewis & Clark 1st sights Pacific Ocean 1811:Battle of Tippecanoe gave Harrison a presial slogan 1837:Abolitionist Elijah Lovejoy murdered by mob at Alton Ill 1865:London Gazette oldest surviving journal is founded 1872:Mary Celeste sails from NY to Genoa; found abandoned 4 weeks later 1874:1st cartoon depicting elephant as Republican Party symbol 1875:Verney Cameron is 1st European to cross equitorial Africa 1885:Canada completes its own transcontinental railway 1914:Bolsheviks overthrew Russian govt in St Petersburg; 1916:Republican Jeannette Rankin of Montana 1st women Representative 1917:October Revolution overthrows Russian Provisional Govt 1918:Goddard demonstrates tube-launched solid propellant rockets 1918:USSR Natl Day 1940:Galloping Gertie bridge collapses Tacoma Wash 1943:Detroit Lions 0 NY Giants 0 -- last scoreless tie in NFL 1962:Richard Nixon quits politics - You won't have Nixon to kick around 1972:Republican Nixon re-elected to 2nd term defeating George McGovern 1976:Gone With the Wind televised 1983:Bomb explodes in US Capitol causing heavy damage but no injuries 1985:Colombian troops ends 27-hour siege of Bogota's Palace of Justice
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