James Knox Polk, 11th U.S. President (1845-1849), born (1795)

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Warren G. Harding, 29th U.S. President (1921-23), born (1865)

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Daniel Boone, American frontiersman and explorer, born (1734)

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Marie-Antoinette, Queen of France “let them eat cake”, born (1755)

Luchino Visconti, Italian film director (Damned, Death in Venice) born (1906)

Harlow Shapley, American astronomer who studied the galaxies, born (1885)

James Thurber, American humorist, cartoonist and short story writer (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The Thirteen Clocks), died (1961)

George Bernard Shaw, Irish dramatist and literary critic (Pygmalion) died at 94 (1950)

North Dakota became the 39th state (1889)

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South Dakota became the 40th state (1889)

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Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose, a huge experimental wooden airplane with a wingspan over 300’, made its only flight at Long Beach, CA (1947)

First color TV broadcasts began in the U.S. (1950)

Evidence that Vikings were in America 500 years before Columbus discovered (1963)

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Truman beat Dewey confounding pollsters and newspapers (1948 )

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Jimmy Carter elected U.S. President (1976)

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President Reagan signed a bill establishing Martin Luther King Day (1983)

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