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(Public) On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day

In 1844 Nicholas Rimsky-Korsakov, composer, born.
In 1850 American Express founded.
In 1858 Rudolf Diesel, invented an engine, born.
In 1881 Barnum and Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth opens in Madison Square Garden in New York City.
In 1892 At a banquet through a letter Lord Stanley presents the idea of a silver cup challenge for Hockey (Stanley Cup). The cup cost $50.
In 1909 First broadcast by a 'ham' operator -- Einar Dessau of Denmark.
In 1922 Mohandas K. Gandhi sentenced in India to six years' imprisonment.
In 1926 Peter Graves, actor (Mission Impossible, Airplane), born.
In 1931 First electric razor marketed by Schick, Inc.
In 1932 John Updike, poet and novelist, born.
In 1937 400 people mostly children killed in a gas explosion in Texas.
In 1938 Mexico took control of foreign-owned oil properties on its soil.
In 1939 Charley Pride, singer, born.
In 1952 First plastic lens for cataract patients fitted, Philadelphia, PA.
In 1959 Irene Cara (in New York), actor, dancer, singer, born.
In 1962 France and Algerian rebels agreed to a truce.
In 1963 Vanessa Williams (in Millwood, NY), first black Miss America, born.
In 1965 Russia launches second and final Voshkoid. The first spacewalk is made by Aleksei Leonov.
In 1974 Most Arab oil producing nations end US embargo.