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1904 - Birth of Moss Hart Bronx New York, playwright (You can't Take it With You, Act 1).

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1911 - Birth of Clarence M Kelley FBI head.

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1911 - Robert Scott's expedition leaves Cape Evans for South Pole.

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1923 - Birth of Denise Levertov American poet/essayist (Joy Beneath the Skin).

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1925 - Birth of Luciano Berio Oneglia Italy, composer (Chemins).

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1926 - Birth of YA Tittle AAFC, NFL quarterback (Baltimore, San Francisco, New York Giants, Most Valuable Player 1963).

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1926 - Magician Harry Houdini performs in Detroit, Michigan, but collapses during intermissions from stomach pain.

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1929 - Song "Happy Days are Here Again" is published in the USA.

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1929 - First day of New York stock market crash, Black Thursday.

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1929 - Birth of George Crumb Charleston West Virginia, composer (Pulitzer 1968-Echoes of Time).

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