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Date: 19940901
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Born today:

William the Silent Prince of Orange 1533 Saint Vincent de Paul 1581 Anthony Trollope 1815 Sir Stafford Cripps 1889 Willem de Kooning 1904 Robert Penn Warren 1905 Jack E. Leonard 1911 Shirley MacLaine 1934 Jill Ireland 1936 Barbra Streisand 1942 Eric Bogosian 1953

Died today:

Saint Wilfrid A.D. 709 Willa Cather 1947 Bud Abbott 1974 Duchess of Windsor 1986

Historical events:

1184 BC-Traditional date of Greeks using Trojan horse to get inside city of Troy and win war. 1704-Boston News-Letter, first regular newspaper in the American colonies ...

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