Labels:text | screenshot | font | number | black and white OCR: Historical Bits! ON JANUARY FIRST: Page 18 01-01-1735: Paul Revere Born 01-01-1752: Elizabeth Griscom (Betsy) Ross Born 01-01-1801: United Kingdom of Great Britain & Ireland established 01-01-1801: Giuseppe Piazzi discoved 1st asteroid, later named Ceres, Born 01-01-1804: Haiti gains its independence 01-01-1863: Emancipation Proclamation issued by Lincoln 01-01-1879: E.M. Forster, English novelist Born 01-01-1892: Brooklyn merges with NY to form present City of NY 01-01-1895: J Edgar Hoover, Mr FBI Born 01-01-1901: Commonwealth of Australia established 01-01-1902: First Rose Bowl game held in Pasadena, California 01-01-1909: John Glenn, astronaut, Born 01-01-1912: First running of SF's famed "Bay to Breakers" race (7.63 miles) 01-01-1919: J. D. Salinger, author of 'Catcher in the Rye'Born ...
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