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| | | | 1834: Toronto, Ontario, (originally called York) is incorporated as a city.
Learn more about Toronto.
1836: About 170 Texans perish at the Alamo in San Antonio, Texas, when approximately 3,000 Mexicans commanded by general Antonio Lopes de Santa Anna overrun the Republic of Texas garrison.
Learn more about the Alamo.
1857: The United States Supreme Court rules on the Dred Scott case, declaring that African Americans are not U.S. citizens. The decision intensifies ongoing debates about slavery.
Learn more about the Dred Scott case.
1930: Clarence Birdseye, food expert, industrialist, and inventor, introduces prepackaged, quick-frozen food to American consumers.
1980: Novelist Marguerite Yourcenar becomes the first female member of the Académie Francçaise.
Learn more about Marguerite Yourcenar.
1981: Walter Cronkite, longtime anchor of the CBS evening news, signs off for the last time.
Learn more about Walter Cronkite.
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| Born On This Day |
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| | | | Michelangelo, Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and poet (1475)
Philip Henry Sheridan, Civil War army commander (1831)
Valentina Tereshkova, Soviet cosmonaut and first woman to fly in space (1937)
Dick Fosbury, track-and-field athlete and gold-medal winner (1947)
Oscar Straus, Austrian composer of popular operettas (1870)
Lou Costello, comedian and actor (1906)
Willie Stargell, baseball player (1940)
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| Mystery Person of the Day |
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| | | | Who am I? I was born on this day in 1806. Against my father's wishes, I eloped with poet Robert Browning and moved to Florence, Italy. There, I wrote a set of love lyrics titled Sonnets from the Portuguese, my most acclaimed work.
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| Your Astrological Sign |
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| | | | Symbolized by the fish, Pisces is a water sign. Pisceans are sensitive, emotional, creative, and mystical. Good listeners, Pisceans often have great sympathy for others. They also have the ability to take life as it comes. Learn more about Pisces.
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