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1836 Texan volunteers are defeated at The Alamo
1869 Dmitri Mendeleev presents the first periodic table1964 New world record for the mile (3 minutes 56 seconds) set by Tom O'hara.1981 Walter Cronkite's last CBS Evening News Broadcast Famous Birthdays:1475 Michelango (Italian artist)
1619 Cyrano De Bergerac (Author)1806 Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Poet)1923 Ed McMahon (Late Show TV announcer)1945 Rob Reiner (Director)1959 Tom Arnold (Actor)1972 Shaquille O'Neal (Basketball Player)Archive:
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