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Event	(Public) On This Day (by Bruce) Events and birthdays around the world on this day In 106 B.C. Cicero, Roman statesman, born. In 1888 First drinking straw is patented by M.C. Stone in Washington, D.C. In 1892 J.R.R. Tolkien, linguist, author (The Hobbit, Lord of the Rings), born. In 1909 Victor Borge, pianist, comedian, born. In 1920 NY Yankees purchase Babe Ruth from the Red Sox. In 1921 Turkey makes peace with Armenia. In 1933 Dabney Coleman, actor, born. In 1943 Canadian Army troops arrive in North Africa. In 1951 Victoria Principal, actress, born. In 1952 Dragnet is suddenly plastered on TV across America In 1956 Mel Gibson, actor, born. In 1957 First electric watch introduced at Lancaster, PA. In 1958 Sir Edmund Hillary reached South Pole overland. In 1961 Experimental reactor kills three in Idaho Falls, Idaho. In 1961 U.S. breaks relations with Cuba. In 1964 Jack Ruby, assassin of Lee Harvey Oswald, died In 1977 Apple Computer incorporated. In 1980 Alfred Hitchcock knighted -- Good Evening. In 1980 BSD UNIX 3.0 released In 1993 President Bush and President Yeltsin sign historic nuclear arms reduction treaty.
Event	(Public) On This Day (by Bruce) Events and birthdays around the world on this day In 1778 Oliver Pollock, a New Orleans Businessman, creates the "$" symbol. In 1815 Otto von Bismarck, statesman, born. In 1863 First wartime conscription law in US went into effect. In 1873 Sergei Rachmaninoff (in Novgorod Province, Russia), composer, born. In 1883 Lon Chaney, actor, man of a thousand faces, born. In 1889 The first dish washing machine is marketed in Chicago. In 1918 Royal Air Force established in Britain. In 1930 Grace Lee Whitney, actor (Star Trek), born. In 1932 Debbie Reynolds (in El Paso, TX), actor, dancer, born. In 1933 Nazi Germany began persecution of Jews boycotting Jewish businesses. In 1939 U.S. recognized Franco govt in Spain at end of the Spanish civil war. In 1945 American forces launched the invasion of Okinawa during WW II. In 1952 Annette O'Toole (in Houston, TX), actor, born. In 1960 TIROS I (Television and Infra-Red Observation Satellite) launched to improve weather prediction. In 1979 Iran proclaimed an Islamic Republic following the fall of the Shah. In 1984 Marvin Gaye shot to death by his father Marvin Gaye Sr in LA.