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  10 BC Claudius
1770 William Clark, explored Pacific Northwest with Lewis.
1779 Francis Scott Key, wrote the 'Star-Spangled Banner'.
1815 Richard Henry Dana, spent 2 years before the mast.
1819 Herman Melville
1975 Nicholas Race - Thats me !!!
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1924 Carrol O'Connor
1986 Me!  Do programs have life?
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1811 Elisha Graves Otis, inventor of the safe elevator.
1940 Martin Sheen
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1755 Nicolas-Jacque Conte, invented the modern pencil.
1792 Percy Bysshe Shelly
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1850 Guy de Maupassant
1900 Queen Mother Elizabeth
1930 Neil Armstrong
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1809 Lord Alfred Tennyson, poet laureate of England.
1881 Sir Alexander Fleming, cashed in on penicillin
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1783 John Heathcoat, invented lace-making machinery
1876 Mata Hari
1886 Louis Alan Hazeltine, invented the neutrodyne circuit, making
     commercial radio possible.
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1763 Charles Bullfinch, 1st US professional architect
1922 Rudi Gernreich, designed 1st women's topless swimsuit & the miniskirt
1930 Joan Mondale
1937 Dustin Hoffman
1938 Connie Stevens
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1930 Betty Boop
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1874 Herbert Hoover, 31st President (1929-1933)
1899 Jack Haley
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1921 Alex Haley
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1881 Cecil B. deMille, directed God.
1911 Mario Moreno, alias Cantinflas.
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1655 Johann Christoph Denner, invented the clarinet.
1818 Lucy Stone, pioneer in Woman's Rights.
1860 Annie Oakley
1899 Alfred Hitchcock
1927 Fidel Castro
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1946 Susan St. James
1959 Magic Johnson
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1688 Frederich Wilhelm III
1769 Napoleon Bonaparte
1803 Sir James Douglas, father of British Columbia.
1912 Julia Child, chef.
1954 Princess Anne
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1884 Hugo Gernsback, responsible for science fiction becoming an
     independent literary form.
1892 Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant", known for
     it's fine drawing and historical detail.
1913 Menachim Begin
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1786 Davy Crockett
1892 Mae West.  Go up and see her sometime.
1942 Robert De Niro
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1597 Virginia Dare, 1st child born in America of English parents.
1834 Marshall Field (founded a Chicago-based store chain).
1937 Robert Redford
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1646 John Flamsteed, 1st astronomer royal of England.
1785 Seth Thomas, pioneer in mass production of clocks.
1871 Orville Wright
1902 Ogden Nash
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1833 Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (1889-1893)
1890 H.P. Lovecraft
1942 Isaac Hayes
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1660 Hubert Gautier, engineer, wrote 1st book on bridge building.
1906 Count Basie
1936 Wilt Chamberlain
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1195 St. Anthony of Padua
1862 Claude Debussy, composer
1920 Ray Bradbury, science fiction author.
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1443 Rudolphus Argricola
1754 Louis XVI
1869 James "Sunny Jim" Rolph, Mayor (1912-1931), Muni backer.
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1816 Sir Daniel Gooch, laid 1st successful trans-Atlantic cables
1886 William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed the Liberty ships
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1819 Alan Pinkerton
1919 George Wallace
1927 Althea Gibson, 1st black tennis champion (in a major event)
1930 Sean Connery (007).
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1743 Lavoisier
1819 Prince Albert
1873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube).
1898 Peggy Guggenheim
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1882 Samuel Goldwyn, pioneer filmmaker
1899 C.S. Forester, historical novelist, created Horatio Hornblower
1908 Lyndon B. Johnson, 36th President (1963-1969)
1910 Mother Theresa
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1749 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, social philosopher
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1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes
1923 Richard Attenborough
1938 Elliot Gould
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  12 BC Caligula
1797 Mary Shelley, wrote Frankenstein
1943 Jean Claude Killy
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1821 Helmholz
1924 Buddy Hackett
1945 Itzhak Perlman
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