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1784Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille
1904Theodore Roosevelt, appoints 7-man Panama Canal Commission to proceed with completing a canal at the Isthmus
1832Charles Darwin visits jungle near Bahia Brazil
1964LBJ reveals US secretly developed the A-11 jet fighter
1780The Omicron Delta Omega fraternity was founded by Benjamin Franklin at James Madison University.
1972Hank Aaron becomes 1st baseball player to sign for $200,000 a year
200476th Academy Awards - "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King," Sean Penn & Charlize Theron win
1936FDR signs 2nd neutrality act
1980Gordie Howe becomes 1st NHL player to score 800 career goals
1988NYC Mayor Koch calls Reagan a "WIMP" in the war on drugs
1976Ja Rule, American rapper and actor
1840John Philip Holland, Liscannor Ireland, father of the modern submarine
1960Melvin Purvis, American FBI Agent, dies of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at 56
1956Elpidio Quirino, 6th President of Philippines (1949-53), dies at 65
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