Friday, April 05, 2019

History for April 5

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History for April 5 - On-This-Day.com
Joseph Lister 1827 - British surgeon, inventor (Listerine mouthwash), Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery), Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy 1900 - Actor ("Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]")
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Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis 1908 - Actress ("Dangerous", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?")
Gregory Peck 1916 - Actor ("To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]", "The Guns of Navarone", "Captain Horatio Hornblower"), Colin Powell 1937 - U.S. Secretary of State, four-star general, Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
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1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
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1985 - John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis."

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