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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1792 La Marseillaise, the French national anthem, is composed by Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
In 1898 Spain declares war on U.S., rejecting ultimatum to withdraw from Cuba.
In 1934 Shirley MacLaine (in Richmond, Virginia), actor (in this life), born.
In 1936 Jill Ireland (in London, England), actor, born.
In 1942 Barbra Streisand (in Brooklyn, NY), singer, actress, profile, born.
In 1944 First Boeing B-29 arrives in China "over the Hump".
In 1953 Winston Churchill knighted by Queen Elizabeth II.
In 1961 JFK accepts "sole responsibility" following the Bay of Pigs.
In 1967 Cosmonaut Komarov is first to die in space aboard Soyuz 1.
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