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Today's Highlight In History;
Birthdays:
| 1779 | Peter Roget, Founder of Roget's Thesaurus |
| 1882 | A.A Milne, English poet and humourist |
| 1892 | Oliver Hardy, US comedian of 'Laurel & Hardy' fame |
| 1904 | Cary Grant, American Hollywood film actor |
| 1913 | Danny Kaye, American film actor |
| 1933 | David Bellamy, English botanist and TV celebraty |
Events:
| 1778 | Captain Cook discovered what is now called the Hawiian Islands |
| 1871 | Germany had its first emperor, King Wilhelm of Prussia |
| 1911 | A plane landed on the deck of a ship for the first time, in the USA |
| 1936 | Rudyard Kipling, the English author of 'Jungle Book', died |
| 1944 | The seige of Lenningrad, in the USSR, by the Germans ended after over two years |
| 1967 | Jeremy Thorpe was elected leader of the Liberal Party |
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