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1914 - US army air service first comes into being, in the Signal Corps.

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1915 - Boston Braves start move from last place to become world series champions.

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1916 - Birth of Harriet Hilliard Nelson singer/actress (Ozzie and Harriet).

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1918 - Birth of Jane Frazee Duluth Minnesota, actress/singer (Alice-Beulah).

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1918 - Birth of Nelson Mandela in Qunu, South Africa; political prisoner (African National Congress), South African President.

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1918 - Birth of Pamela Brown England, actress (Alice in Wonderland, Dracula).

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1918 - US and French forces launch Aisne-Marne offensive in WW I.

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1921 - Birth of John H Glenn Jr in Cambridge, Ohio, USA; Colonel US Marine Corp astronaut (Mer 6, Senator-Democrat-Ohio).

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1924 - Birth of Howard Roberts Burlington New Jersey, choral director (Leslie Uggams Show).

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1924 - Birth of Inge Sörensen Denmark, 200m breaststroke (Olympic-bronze-1936).

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