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Today's Birthdays:
- Claudio Monteverdi (baptism day, 1567-1643), Italian composer
- Maharshi Debendranath Tagore (1817-1905), Indian philosopher, religious reformer, author of Brahmo Dharma or the Religion of the Worshipper so the One True God, father of poet Rabindranath Tagore
- L. Frank Baum (1856-1919), American children's author and journalist
- Arthur Schnitzler (1862-1931), Austrian dramatist and novelist (La Ronde)
- Richard Avedon (1923-2004), American photographer
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Historical Events On This Day:
- U.N. International Day of Families
- Peace Officers Memorial Day in U.S.
- Cayman Islands Discovery Day
- Johannes Kepler confirms his previously rejected discovery of third law of planetary motion, 1618
- Paraguay gains independence from Spain, 1811
- President Abraham Lincoln signs bill into law creating U.S. Bureau of Agriculture (USDA), 1862
- National Woman Suffrage Association is formed by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton in New York, 1869
- U.S. Supreme Court declares Standard Oil to be an "unreasonable" monopoly under Sherman Antitrust Act and orders the company to be dissolved, 1911
- Nylon stockings go on sale for first time in U.S., 1940
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