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Today is:
Baptism of the Lord Jesus -- Christian
Foreign Agents' Day
Geraint, Wales
Holy Family Day (The first Sunday after Epiphany)
Jackson Day, Louisiana (103rd Annual Jackson Day Race in New Orleans,
oldest street race in the South and 5th oldest in the nation.)
National Bittersweet Chocolate Day
National Cut Your Energy Costs Day
Peculiar People Day
Stephen Foster Day
Volunteer Fireman's Day
Birthdays Today:
Pat Benatar, 1953
Bonnie Hellman, 1950
George Foreman, 1949
Rod Stewart, 1945
Jim Croce, 1943
Sal Mineo, 1939
Gisele MacKenzie, 1927
Johnnie Ray, 1927
Paul Henreid, 1908
Ray Bolger, 1904
Grigori Rasputin, 1869
Mary Ingalls, 1865
George Washington Carver, 1864
Charles Ingalls, 1836
Carolus Linnaeus, 1778
Today in History:
Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, BC46
"Common Sense" by Thomas Paine is published, 1776
Tea from India first arrives in the UK, 1839
Poets Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning begin their correspondence, 1845
The first underground railway opens in London, 1863
John D. Rockefeller incorporates Standard Oil, 1870
The League of Nations is established, 1920
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