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1668 - John Dryden was appointed the first Poet Laureate.
1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president, was born
1870 - Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in New York
1882 - The Anti-Semitic League was founded in Prussia.
1939 - Paul Sorvino was born
1964 - Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an Oscar for best actor, in The Lilies Of The Field.
1970 - Ricky Schroder was born
1970 - Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.)
1978 - I was born!!
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1743 - Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president, was born
1870 - Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in New York
1882 - The Anti-Semitic League was founded in Prussia.
1939 - Paul Sorvino was born
1964 - Sidney Poitier became the first black man to win an Oscar for best actor, in The Lilies Of The Field.
1970 - Ricky Schroder was born
1970 - Apollo 13, four-fifths of the way to the moon, was crippled when a tank containing liquid oxygen burst. (The astronauts managed to return safely.)
1978 - I was born!!
:gift::beer:
