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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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