On This Day

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ON THIS DAY IN 1952 - Frank Sinatra recorded "Birth of the Blues."

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ON THIS DAY IN 1999 - Dennis Muren received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1980 - NY Mets draft Darryl Strawberry, 18, #1

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ON THIS DAY IN 1937 - The Duke of Windsor, who had abdicated the British throne, married Wallis Warfield Simpson.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1972 - The Eagles' "Take It Easy" was released.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1941 - German occupiers stamp "J" on Jewish passports. #WWII

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ON THIS DAY IN 1932 - The Broadway musical "The Band Wagon" opened in New York City.

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1620 - Construction of the oldest stone church in French North America, Notre-Dame-des-Anges, begins at Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1965 - Edward White became the first American astronaut to do a "space walk" when he left the Gemini 4 capsule.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1861 - 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV

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ON THIS DAY IN 1621 - The Dutch West India Company received a charter for New Netherlands (now known as New York).

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ON THIS DAY IN 1871 - Jesse James & his gang robs Obocock Bank (Corydon Iowa), of $15,000

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ON THIS DAY IN 1784 - The U.S. Congress formally created the United States Army to replace the disbanded Continental Army.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1875 - Alexander Graham Bell makes 1st voice transmission

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1800 - John Adams moved to Washington, DC. He was the first President to live in what later became the capital of the United States.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1962 - Air France Boeing 707 crashes on takeoff from Paris, kills 130

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ON THIS DAY IN 1967 - The Doors "Light My Fire" was released.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1987 - @GeorgeMichael "I Want Your Sex" was banned by the BBC

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ON THIS DAY IN 2006 - The union of Serbia and Montenegro comes to an end with Montenegro's formal declaration of independence.

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ON THIS DAY IN 1952 - A rebellion by North Korean prisoners in the Koje prison camp in South Korea was put down by American troops.