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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1520 Christian II of Denmark and Norway defeats the Swedes at Lake Asunde.
In 1778 Capt James Cook stumbles over Sandwich Islands (Hawaiian Islands).
In 1779 Peter Roget, thesaurus fame, inventor (slide rule, pocket chessboard), born.
In 1813 Joseph Farwell Glidden, inventor (1st coml useable barbed wire), born.
In 1849 Sir Edmund Barton 1st PM of Australia (1900-03), born.
In 1871 German Empire proclaimed by Kaiser Wilhelm I.
In 1882 Alan Alexander Milne author (Winnie-the-Pooh), born.
In 1892 Oliver Hardy Harlem Ga, comedy team member (Laurel and Hardy), born.
In 1904 Cary Grant actor (Arsenic and Old Lace, North by Northwest), born.
In 1913 Danny Kaye Bkln NY, UNICEF/comedian/actor (Danny Kaye Show), born.
In 1919 WW I Peace Congress opens in Versailles, France.
In 1936 Rudyard Kipling author, dies in Burwash, England.
In 1943 Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto begin resistance of Nazis.
In 1943 Soviets announce they broke the long Nazi siege of Leningrad.
In 1955 Kevin Costner actor (Fandango, Silverado, Bull Durham), born.
In 1964 Beatles 1st appearance in Billboard Chart (I Want to Hold Your Hand-#35).
In 1980 Pink Floyd's The Wall hits #1.
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