1829: The British Parliament passes the Catholic Emancipation Act, granting freedom of religion.
1943: President Roosevelt dedicates the Jefferson Memorial. 1964: Sidney Poitier becomes first black performer in a leading role to win an Academy Award for "Lilies of the Field."
1992: Great Chicago Flood takes place as the city's century-old tunnel system and adjacent basements filled with water from the Chicago River.
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Today's Birthdays:
English rebel Guy Fawkes (1570-1606)
3rd U.S. President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Businessman F.W Woolworth (1852-1919)
Butch Cassidy (Robert LeRoy Parker) (1866-1908)
Architect, game inventor (Scrabble) Alfred Butts (1899- 1993)
French industrialist Philippe de Rothschild (1902-1988)
Writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
Writer Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
Russian world champion chess player Gary Kasparov (1963)
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Today's Birthdays:
English rebel Guy Fawkes (1570-1606)
3rd U.S. President Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826)
Businessman F.W Woolworth (1852-1919)
Butch Cassidy (Robert LeRoy Parker) (1866-1908)
Architect, game inventor (Scrabble) Alfred Butts (1899- 1993)
French industrialist Philippe de Rothschild (1902-1988)
Writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989)
Writer Eudora Welty (1909-2001)
Russian world champion chess player Gary Kasparov (1963)
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Something to Think About:
Something to Think About:
"The soil is the gift of God to the living." ~ Thomas Jefferson
