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On This Day (by Bruce)
Events and birthdays around the world on this day
In 30 Scholars' calculate this as the date that Jesus of Nazareth was crucified by Roman troops in Jerusalem.
In 1506 St. Francis Xavier, missionary, born.
In 1770 William Wordsworth (in England), poet, born.
In 1860 W. K. Kellogg, founded a cereal company, born.
In 1915 Billie Holiday, blues singer, born.
In 1927 Using phone lines TV was sent from Washington DC to New York City.
In 1928 James Garner, actor (Maverick movies and series, etc.), born.
In 1939 Francis Ford Coppola, director, born.
In 1939 David Frost, pundit, born.
In 1948 World Health Organization is established.
In 1959 First astronauts - selection announced by NASA.
In 1959 Radar first bounced off sun, Stanford California.
In 1983 Challenger crew perform a spacewalk - first by US in 9 years.
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