1
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1901,
Clark Gable born |
2
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1876,
National Baseball League formed |
3
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1959,
plane crash kills Buddy Holly, the Big Bopper and Ritchie
Valens |
4
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1974,
Patty Hearst kidnapped |
5
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1934,
Hank Aaron born |
6
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1895,
Babe Ruth born |
7
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1964,
The Beatles arrived in New York |
8
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1969,
last issue of Saturday Evening Post published |
9
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1964,
The Beatles appeared on "The Ed Sullivan Show"
|
10
|
1950,
Mark Spitz born |
11
|
1847,
Thomas Edison born |
12
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1809,
Abraham Lincoln born |
13
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1885,
Bess Truman born |
14
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1894,
Jack Benny born |
15
|
1964,
Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight
boxing champion |
16
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1972,
Wilt Chamberlain scored 30,000 th point |
17
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1817,
first gas street lights ( Baltimore , Maryland ) |
18
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1885,
Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
published |
19
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1878,
Thomas Edison patented the phonograph |
20
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1872,
Metropolitan Museum of Art opens in New York City |
21
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1965,
Malcolm X assassinated |
22
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1732,
George Washington born |
23
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1821,
John Quincy Adams died |
24
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1874,
Honus Wagner born |
25
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1943,
George Harrison born |
26
|
1919,
Grand Canyon National Park established |
27
|
1902,
John Steinbeck born |
28
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1940,
Mario Andretti born |
29
|
1960,
first Playboy Club opened on Chicago's Gold Coast |
