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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 1527 Sack of Rome - End of the Renaissance.
In 1626 Peter Minuet purchases Manhattan Island for $24.
In 1818 Karl Marx, author of the Communist Manifesto, born.
In 1851 Patent granted to Dr. John Farrie for a "refrigeration machine".
In 1856 Sigmund Freud, cigar smoker, psychiatrist, born.
In 1895 Rudolph Valentino, silent film star, sheik, born.
In 1915 T. H. White, writer, born.
In 1915 Orson Welles, actor (Citizen Kane), director, genius, born.
In 1937 The dirigible Hindenburg explodes in flames at Lakehurst, NJ.
In 1954 Roger Bannister breaks the 4 min mile in 3:59:4.
In 1985 Seventeenth Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 7 returns to Earth.
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