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This Day In History
1587
Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
1590
John White, the governor of the Colony of Roanoke, returns from a supply trip to England and finds his settlement deserted.
1783
A huge fireball meteor is seen across the United Kingdom as it passes over the east coast.
1838
The Wilkes Expedition, which would explore the Puget Sound and Antarctica, weighs anchor at Hampton Roads.
1868
French astronomer Pierre Jules César Janssen discovers helium.
1877
Asaph Hall discovers Martian moon Phobos.
1920
The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage.
1958
Vladimir Nabokov's controversial novel Lolita is published in the United States.
Famous Birthdays
1587
Virginia Dare
1685
Brook Taylor, English mathematician (d. 1731)
1750
Antonio Salieri, Italian composer (d. 1825)
1774
Meriwether Lewis, American explorer (d. 1809)
1834
Marshall Field, American retailer (d. 1906)
1855
Alfred Wallis, English artist and mariner (d. 1942)
1902
Margaret Murie, American conservationist, naturalist, and author (d. 2003)
1921
Lydia Litvyak, Soviet pilot (d. 1943)
1934
Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player (d. 1972)
1936
Robert Redford, American actor
1957
Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
1969
Edward Norton, American actor
Christian Slater, American actor
1970
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, American actor
Wait. There was a two-year-old on the scene (a presumable spoiled two-year-old, at that), yet for four hundred years people have found that wasteland of destruction inexplicable?
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