Prince Henry the Navigator 1394, Antonio Vivaldi 1678, Knute Rockne 1888
Jim Clark 1936 - Race car driver, Catherine O’Hara 1954 - Actress, Chastity Bono 1969 - Daughter of Sonny and Cher
1766 - The British Parliament repealed the Stamp Act, which had caused bitter and violent opposition in the U.S. colonies.
1813 - The Russians fighting against Napoleon reached Berlin. The French garrison evacuated the city without a fight.
1877 - Emile Berliner invented the microphone.
1933 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gave his inauguration speech in which he said "We have nothing to fear, but fear itself."
1997 - U.S. President Clinton barred federal spending on human cloning.
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