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Here's what happened Today In History
It is day 34 of the year 2012, and there are 332 days left
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| 1811 |
Horace Greeley, told young men to go west.
Today, this person is/would be 201 years old.
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| 1821 |
Elizabeth Blackwell, first woman to receive a medical degree.
Today, this person is/would be 191 years old.
More information about Elizabeth Blackwell |
| 1874 |
Gertrude Stein, beloved by Hemmingway.
Today, this person is/would be 138 years old.
More information about Gertrude Stein |
| 1918 |
Joey Bishop
Today, this person is/would be 94 years old.
More information about Joey Bishop |
| 1940 |
Fran Tarkenton, football player.
Today, this person is/would be 72 years old.
More information about Fran Tarkenton |
| 1956 |
Joseph Lane, aka Nathan Lane.
Today, this person is/would be 56 years old.
More information about Joseph Lane |
| 1815 |
World's first commercial cheese factory established in Switzerland. |
| 1918 |
Twin Peaks Tunnel, longest (11,920 feet) streetcar tunnel in the world, begins service with the K-Ingleside streetcar. |
| 1937 |
Thomas Crapper invents the first flush toilet. (Honest!) |
Quote of the Day
| "[It was] an initiation into the love of learning, of learning how to learn, that was revealed to me by my BLS masters as a matter of interdisciplinary cognition - that is, learning to know something by its relation to something else." |
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Leonard Bernstein (1918-90) |
| American conductor, composer |
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