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Date: 19940901
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Date: AUGUST 28
Born today:
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton 1774 Charles Boyer 1899 James Wong Howe 1899 Sir John Betjeman 1906 Roger Tory Peterson 1908 Donald O'Connor 1925 Ben Gazzara 1930 David Soul 1943 Ron Guidry 1950 Scott Hamilton 1958 Emma Samms 1961
Died today:
Father Junipero Serra 1784 Czar Boris III Bulgaria 1943 Gracie Allen 1964 Bruce Catton 1978 Ruth Gordon 1985 John Huston 1987 Max Shulman 1988 Joseph Alsop 1989
Historical events:
476 A.D.-Romulus Augustulus becomes last Roman emperor; forced to abdicate by Barbarians. ...
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