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This Day In History
42 BC
Second Battle of Philippi – Mark Antony and Octavian decisively defeat Brutus's army.
1295
The first treaty forming the Auld Alliance between Scotland and France against England is signed in Paris.
1739
War of Jenkins' Ear starts: Prime Minister Robert Walpole reluctantly declares war on Spain.
1850
The first National Women's Rights Convention begins in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.
1906
Alberto Santos-Dumont flies an airplane in the first heavier-than-air flight in Europe at Champs de Bagatelle, Paris, France.
1929
The first North American transcontinental air service begins between New York City and Los Angeles, California.
1958
The Smurfs, a fictional race of blue dwarves, later popularized in a Hanna-Barbera animated cartoon series, appear for the first time in the story La flute à six schtroumpfs, a Johan and Peewit adventure by Peyo which is serialized in the weekly comics magazine Spirou.
2001
Apple announces the iPod.
Famous Birthdays
1654
Johann Bernhard Staudt, Austrian Jesuit composer (d. 1712)
1762
Samuel Morey, American inventor (d. 1843)
1813
Ludwig Leichhardt, German explorer (d. 1848)
1844
Robert Bridges, English poet (d. 1930)
1869
John Heisman, American football player and coach (d. 1936)
1897
Marjorie Flack, American children's author (d. 1958)
1925
Johnny Carson, American television host (d. 2005)
1931
Jim Bunning, American baseball player and politician
1940
Pelé, Brazilian footballer
1942
Michael Crichton, American writer (d. 2008)
1954
Ang Lee, Taiwanese-born director
1959
Sam Raimi, American film director
"Weird Al" Yankovic, American musical parodist
1976
Ryan Reynolds, Canadian actor
1998
Amandla Stenberg, American actress
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