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Born today:

King John 1167 St. Ignatius Loyola 1491 Kit Carson 1809 Matthew Arnold 1822 King George I Greece 1845 Emanuel Lasker 1868 Louis Jouvet 1887 Michael Curtiz 1898 Howard Hughes 1905 I.F. Stone 1907 Cab Calloway 1907 Ava Gardner 1922 Robert Joffrey 1930 Jill Bennett 1931 Mike Curb 1944 Nick Meyer 1945

Died today:

Vasco da Gama 1524 William Makepeace Thackeray 1863 John Muir 1914 Louis Aragon 1982 Peter Lawford 1984 Norman Vincent Peale 1993

Historical events:

1814-Treaty of Ghent ends War of 1812 between U.S. and Britain. 1818 "Silent ...

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