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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1821 Sir Richard Burton, explorer, born.
In 1859 Faust by Charles Gounod premiered in Paris.
In 1914 Patricia Morison, actor (Peyton Place), born.
In 1918 Congress approved daylight saving time.
In 1920 U.S. Senate rejects the Treaty of Versailles for second time.
In 1928 Patrick McGoohan, actor, director (The Prisoner, Silver Streak), born.
In 1931 Nevada legalized gambling.
In 1936 Ursula Andress (in Switzerland), actor, born.
In 1945 800 people killed as Kamikaze attacked USS Franklin off Japan.
In 1947 Glenn Close (in Greenwich, Connecticut), actor, born.
In 1949 First museum devoted exclusively to atomic energy, Oak Ridge, TN.
In 1951 Herman Wouk's war novel The Caine Mutiny is published.
In 1953 Academy Awards ceremony telecast for the first time.
In 1955 Bruce Willis, actor (Moonlighting, Die Hard), born.
In 1976 Buckingham Palace announces separation of Princess Margaret.
In 1979 US House of Representatives begins TV broadcasts of its day-to-day business. C-SPAN is born.
In 1981 Two workers killed in accident testing space shuttle Columbia.
In 1987 PTL leader Jim Bakker resigns.
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