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1840 - Birth of François Auguste René Rodin in Paris, France; sculptor (The Age of Bronze, The Thinker).

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1841 - Birth of Lord Rayleigh England, physicist/chancellor of Cambridge (1908-14).

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1842 - In Landford Grove, Essex, England, Lord Rayleigh is born.

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1859 - At the Cirque Napoléon in Paris, Jules Leotard performs the first Flying Trapeze circus act.

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1866 - Birth of Sun Yat-sen father of modern China (ROC and PRC) (traditional).

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1879 - In Huan-hsiang, China, a rain of stones is reported; many houses damaged.

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1889 - Birth of DeWitt Wallace Saint Paul Minnesota, publisher, founded Readers Digest (1921).

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1892 - Allegheny Athletic Association beats Pittsburgh Athletic Club, 4-0 in football.

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1892 - Pudge Heffelfinger receives $500, becomes first pro football player.

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1903 - Birth of Jack Oakie Sedalia Missouri; actor (Great Dictator, 1974 Photoplay Award).

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