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1964 - Matthew Sweet
1956 - Stephanie Zimbalist
1914 - Thor Heyerdahl
1887 - Le Corbusier
1846 - George Westinghouse

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Today in History

Lead Story

First U.S. train robbery, 1866

American Revolution

British capture Forts Montgomery and Clinton, 1777

Automotive

Natchez Trace Parkway arches are complete, 1993

Civil War

Confederate guerillas attack Baxter Springs, Kansas, 1863

Cold War

The Yom Kippur War brings United States and USSR to brink of conflict, 1973

Crime

The president of Egypt is assassinated, 1981

Disaster

Train derails in Mexico, 1972

General Interest

First Mennonites arrive in America, 1683

Kennedy urges Americans to build bomb shelters, 1961

Yom Kippur War begins, 1973

Hollywood

Liz Taylor marries husband No. 7, 1991

Literary

Jane Eyre is published, 1847

Music

Country superstars Faith Hill and Tim McGraw wed, 1996

Old West

The Reno brothers carry out the first train robbery in U.S. history, 1866

Presidential

Bill Clinton debates Bob Dole, 1996

Sports

Babe Ruth sets a World Series record, 1926

Vietnam War

U.S. jets strike targets in North Vietnam, 1967

South Vietnamese forces withdraw from Cambodia, 1970

World War I

Austria-Hungary annexes Bosnia-Herzegovina , 1908

World War II

Pierre Laval attempts suicide, 1945

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