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This Day In History
1065
Westminster Abbey is consecrated.
1612
Galileo Galilei becomes the first astronomer to observe the planet Neptune, although he mistakenly catalogued it as a fixed star.
1846
Iowa is admitted as the 29th U.S. state.
1895
The Lumière brothers perform for their first paying audience at the Grand Cafe in Boulevard des Capucines, marking the debut of the cinema.
1902
The Syracuse Athletic Club defeated the New York Philadelphians, 5-0, in the first indoor professional American football game, which was held at Madison Square Garden.
1912
The first municipally owned streetcars take to the streets in San Francisco, California.
1973
The Endangered Species Act is passed in the United States.
Famous Birthdays
1651
Johann Krieger, German composer and organist (d. 1735)
1798
Thomas James Henderson, Scottish astronomer(d. 1844)
1856
Woodrow Wilson, American politician, 28th President of the United States, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1924)
1879
Billy Mitchell, American military aviation pioneer (d. 1936)
1882
Arthur Stanley Eddington, British astronomer (d. 1944)
1920
Steve Van Buren, American football player (d. 2012)
1922
Stan Lee, American comic book writer
1932
Nichelle Nichols, American actress and singer
1934
Dame Maggie Smith, British actress
1954
Denzel Washington, American actor
1969
Linus Torvalds, Finnish computer programmer
1978
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