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1820 - William Tecumseh Sherman, Civil War general. 1828 - Jules Verne, pioneered what later became science fiction. 1906 - Chester F. Carlson, invented xerography (xeroxing) 1920 - Lana Turner, actress. 1925 - Jack Lemmon, actor. 1931 - James Dean, singer. 1940 - Ted Koppel, news anchor. 1949 - Brook Adams 1968 - Gary Coleman, actor. (whatyoutalkinabout?)
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1693 - Charter granted for College of William & Mary, 2nd college in US. 1883 - Louis Waterman begins experiments that invent the fountain pen. 1908 - Boy Scouts of America founded. 1915 - "Birth of a Nation" opens at Clune's Auditorium in Los Angeles. 1922 - Radio arrives in the White House. 1957 - Public Library's bookmobile initiated in front of City Hall. 1977 - Earthquake, at 5.0, strongest since 1966.
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A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
A man's reach should exceed his grasp... or what's a heaven for?
- Robert Browning
Be yourself. The world worships the original.
- Ingrid Bergman
By the time a man realizes that maybe his father was right, he usually hasa a son who thinks he's wrong.
- Charles Wadsworth
Great causes and little men go ill together.
- Jawaharlal Nehru
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