Saturday, August 25, 2018

History for August 25

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Leonard Bernstein 1918, George C. Wallace 1919, Sean Connery 1930 - Actor
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 Regis Philbin 1931 - Talk show host, game show host ("Who Wants to be a Milllionaire"), Tom Skerritt 1933 - Actor ("Picket Fences"), Gene Simmons 1949 - Musician (KISS)
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 1916 - The National Park Service was established as part of the U.S. Department of the Interior.
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 1941 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt signed the bill appropriating funds for construction of the Pentagon.
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 1944 - Paris, France, was liberated by Allied forces ending four years of German occupation.
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 1946 - Ben Hogan won the PGA in Portland, OR. It was his first major golf title.
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 1950 - U.S. President Truman ordered the seizure of U.S. railroads to avert a strike.
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 1972 - In Great Britain, computerized axial tomography (CAT scan) was introduced.
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