Sunday, January 15, 2012

January 15 - NYC Boy


NYC Boy

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This Day In History
1559
England's Queen Elizabeth I was crowned in Westminster Abbey
1759
The British Museum opened. 
1943
The world's largest office building, the Pentagon, was completed.
2001
Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia, made its debut (Thank you Wiki!) 
2004
The NASA Spirit rover rolled onto the surface of Mars

Famous Birthdays
1622
Moliere (Jean B. Poquelin) , French playwright 
1842
Josef Breuer, Austrian physician & physiologist
1899
Goodman Ace, American humourist, working as a radio writer and comedian, a television writer, and a magazine columnist. 
1923
Ivor Cutler, Scottish poet, playwright, song- and story-writer, cartoonist, and story-teller
1929
Martin Luther King, American Civil Rights Leader
1933
Ernest J. Gaines, American novelist who wrote "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman", among other novels
1935
Robert Silverberg, American science fiction author 
1936
Frank Conroy , American writer
1951
Charo, Spainish actress and singer




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