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Day In History
1702
Anne Stuart, sister of Mary II, becomes Queen regnant of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
1862
The iron-clad CSS Virginia (formerly USS Merrimack) is launched at Hampton Roads, Virginia.
1910
French aviatrix Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman to receive a pilot's license.
1978
The first radio episode of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams, is transmitted on BBC Radio 4.
1979
Philips demonstrates the Compact Disc publicly for the first time.
Famous
Birthdays
1495
John of God, Portuguese-born friar and saint (d. 1550)
1702
Anne Bonny, Irish-American pirate (d. 1782)
1841
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (d. 1935)
1859
Kenneth Grahame, English author (d. 1932)
1899
Elmer Keith, American firearms developer (d. 1984)
1922
Cyd Charisse, American actress and dancer (d. 2008)
1947
Carole Bayer Sager, American composer
1959
Aidan Quinn, American actor
1970
Andrea Parker, American actress, ballet dancer
1976
Freddie Prinze Jr., American actor
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