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1810 - Birth of Asa Gray Sauquoit New York, botanist (Flora of North America).

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1820 - US Navy Captain Nathaniel B Palmer discovers Antarctica.

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1832 - Birth of Nils Adolf Erik Nordenskjold Sweden, Arctic explorer.

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1836 - Birth of Maximo Gomez Banff, general (Cuba).

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1836 - Birth of William Schwenck Gilbert London, composer (Gilbert and Sullivan).

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1865 - Mark Twain publishes "Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County".

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1869 - Birth of James E Sullivan founder (Amateur Athletic Union).

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1874 - Birth of Clarence Shepard Day New York City, writer (Life with Father).

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1874 - National Woman's Christian Temperance Union organizes in Cleveland.

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1881 - Birth of Percy Lesueur hockey player/inventor (large goalie glove).

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