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1845
167
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Edgar Allan Poe's most famous poem "The Raven" is published in the New York Evening Mirror.
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1936
76
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Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb are among the first inductees to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.
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1958
54
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Paul Newman marries Joanne Woodward. Their relationship lasted 50 years until Newman's death in 2008.
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2002
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President George W. Bush delivers his "axis of evil" speech, in which he denounces countries suspected of developing weapons of mass destruction.
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Oprah Winfrey
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Oprah Winfrey
Film Actress, Philanthropist, Talk Show Host, Television Producer / 1954 -
Billionaire Oprah Winfrey has hosted her own internationally popular talk show since 1986. She is also an actress, philanthropist, publisher, and producer.
Born: January 29, 1954
Age: 58 years old
Birthplace: Kosciusko, Mississippi, United States
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Tom Selleck
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Tom Selleck
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor / 1945 -
Tom Selleck is an American actor best known for his starring role as Hawaii-based private investigator Thomas Magnum in the 1980s television show Magnum PI.
1945 | 67 years old
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W C Fields
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W C Fields
Film Actor, Comedian / 1880 - 1946
W.C. Fields was an actor whose flawless timing and humorous cantankerousness made him one of America's greatest comedians.1880 | 66 years old
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Adam Lambert
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Adam Lambert
Singer / 1982 -
Adam Lambert, an openly gay man, launched his singing career after finishing runner-up on the eighth season of the television show American Idol.Born: January 29, 1982
Age: 30 years old
Birthplace: Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
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Greg Louganis
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Greg Louganis
Athlete / 1960 -
American diving champion Greg Louganis won 13 world championships and made history at the 1982 Olympics as the first diver ever awarded a perfect score.
1960 | 52 years old
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Thomas Paine
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Thomas Paine
Inventor, Political Leader, Journalist / 1737 - 1809
Thomas Paine was an English-American writer and pamphleteer whose 'Common Sense' and 'Crisis' papers were important influences on the American Revolution.
1737 | 72 years old
Inventor, Political Leader, Journalist
January 29
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Robert Frost
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Robert Frost
Poet / 1874 - 1963
American poet Robert Frost was admired for his depictions of New England rural life and his realistic verse portraying ordinary people in everyday situations
Died: January 29, 1963
Age: 88 years old
Place: Boston, Massachusetts , United States
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Margaret Truman
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Margaret Truman
Singer, Writer / 1924 - 2008
Margaret Truman, daughter of Harry Truman, became a singer and writer in her own right.
2008 | 83 years old
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Jimmy Durante
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Jimmy Durante
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Comedian, Pianist, Singer, Television Personality / 1893 - 1980
Jimmy Durante was an American comedian whose career in every major entertainment performance medium spanned more than six decades.
1980 | 86 years old
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Comedian, ...
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Brett Butler
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Brett Butler
Television Actress / 1958 -
Brett Butler found fame on TV as Grace Kelly, a divorced, working-class mother of three on the hit 1990s comedy Grace Under Fire.January 30, 1958
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Diplomat, Journalist / 1735 - 1813
Michel-Guillaume-Saint-Jean de Crèvecoeur was a French writer and naturalist who traveled to America in the 1700s and wrote Letters from an American Farmer.
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U.S. Representative / 1878 - 1950
Arkansas teacher Hattie Ophelia Caraway became the first woman elected to the U.S. Senate in 1932.February 1, 1878
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José Guadalupe Posada
Illustrator / 1851 - 1913
José Guadalupe Posada was a printmaker whose works, often expressionistic in content and style, were influential in the development of 20th-century Mexican art.
February 2, 1851
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Lisa Perez Jackson
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Lisa Perez Jackson
Civil Servant, Engineer, Chemist / 1962 -
Lisa Perez Jackson is a chemical engineer who in 2008 became the first African American to head the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.February 8, 1962
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Jillian Michaels
Entrepreneur, Reality Television Star / 1974 -
Once an overweight child, Jillian Michaels is a personal trainer best known for starring on the reality TV shows, The Biggest Loser and Losing It With Jillian.
February 18, 1974
Entrepreneur, Reality Television Star
