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This
Day In History
1472
Orkney and Shetland are pawned by Norway to Scotland in lieu of a dowry for Margaret of Denmark.
1816
Rossini's opera The Barber of Seville premieres at the Teatro Argentina in Rome.
1872
In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens.
1877
Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake receives its première performance at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
1935
Caroline Mikkelsen becomes the first woman to set foot in Antarctica.
1962
While aboard Friendship 7, John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the earth, making three orbits in 4 hours, 55 minutes.
Famous
Birthdays
1743
Anna Laetitia Barbauld, English poet (d. 1825)
1844
Joshua Slocum, Canadian seaman and adventurer (d. 1909)
1848
Edward Henry Harriman, American railroad executive (d. 1909)
1902
Ansel Adams, American photographer (d. 1984)
1946
Sandy Duncan, American singer and actress
1954
Anthony Head, English actor
1960
Joel Hodgson, American comedian (Mystery Science Theater 3000)
1963
Charles Barkley, American basketball player
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