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1937 – Colin Powell (pictured), U.S. Army General, 12th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and 65th Secretary of State, is born. 1949 – A fire in a hospital in Effingham, Illinois, kills 77 people and leads to nationwide fire code improvements in the United States.
Swedish footballer (born 2004) association football player: Sweden: 2004-02-16 Regina Song: Singaporean singer-songwriter singer singer-songwriter: 2004-02-16 Jamie McDonnell: Northern Irish footballer (born 2004) association football player: Jamie: 2004-02-16 Sydney Barta: American track and field athlete athletics competitor: United States ...
1975 – American forces completed a helicopter evacuation (aircraft and evacuees pictured) of U.S. citizens, South Vietnamese civilians and others from Saigon, just before North Vietnamese troops captured the city and ended the Vietnam War. 2021 – A crowd crush killed 45 people during the annual pilgrimage to the tomb of Rabbi Shimon bar ...
The original Famous Birthdays website was created by Edward Morykwas, a Michigan schoolteacher, in 1996. It offered e-cards. [4] [5] [6] The site was updated to its current format in November 7, 2012, by Evan Britton, [7] who has since described the website as "Wikipedia for Generation Z".
Winona LaDuke, Native American rights activist. Winona LaDuke (born 1959) – Native American activist; Alicia Lagano (born 1979) – actress; Ben Hur Lampman (1886–1954) – journalist, essayist, Poet Laureate [44] Frances Moore Lappé (born 1944) – author and activist; Lars Larson (born 1959) – radio talk show host; Ursula K. Le Guin ...
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Sharon Sayles Belton (born 1951) – first African-American mayor of Minneapolis; Charles "Chief" Bender (1884–1954) – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher; Dorothy Benham (born 1955) – Miss America 1977; Paris Bennett § (born 1988) – singer; Tony Benshoof (born 1975) – luger, Olympian
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