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1803 WORLD - Saint-Dominque independence proclaimed, renamed Haiti.
1863 USA - Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln.
1863 USA - Farmer files first homestead claim in Nebraska
1942 WORLD - United Nations founded.
1959 CUBA - Batista, Cuban dictator, falls from power.
1966 USA - Striking closes New York subway.
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45 BC - First New Year's Day - Julian calendar is first used.
1919 - Edsel Ford succeeds Henry Ford as president of Ford Motor Company.
1924 - United States bans selling civilian cars.
1937 - Safety glass required in British car windshields.
1972 - First pay-per-view entertainment.
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1647 - Bacon, Nathaniel.
1752 - Freneau, Philip.
1813 - Verdi, Giuseppe.
1857 - Thomas, Martha.
1879 - Foster, E.M. British writer is born in London.
1900 - Hayes, Helen.
1904 - Rand, Sally.
1904 - Melton, James.
1905 - Tippett, Sir Michael.
1917 - Zorina, Vera (Eva Hartwig).
1917 - Monk, Thelonious.
1920 - Asimov, Isaac.
1922 - Tebaldi, Renata.
1923 - Lee, Anna.
1924 - Clavell, James.
1927 - Evers, Jason.
1927 - Marchetti, Gino.
1930 - LaRosa, Julius.
1930 - Pinter, Harold .
1936 - Miller, Roger.
1939 - Bakker, Jim .
1941 - Keck, Donald B.
1941 - Coyote, Peter.
1949 - Durang, Christopher.
1949 - Churchill, Chick (Ten Years After).
1952 - Phillips, Wendy .
1955 - Roth, David Lee.
1957 - Pacula, Joanna .
1958 - Tucker, Tanya.
1961 - Carteris, Gabrielle .
1961 - Haynes, Todd.
1963 - Pidgeon, Rebecca.
1967 - Carrere, Tia.
1969 - Turlington, Christy .
1969 - Favre, Brett.
1971 - Diggs, Taye.
1973 - Bosworth, Kate.
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1876 - First Mummers' Parade is held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1973 - Katherine Cleary is murdered. Inspires Looking for Mr. Goodbar novel and movie.
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1966 VIETNAM - Advanced elements of United States 1st Marine Division arrive in Vietnam.
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