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1934 - The Century of Progress Exposition in Chicago closes. Over the two years, there were 38,867,000 visitors.

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1937 - Birth of Michael Landon in Forest Hills, New York, USA; actor (Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie, Highway to Heaven).

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1937 - Birth of Tom Paxton in Chicago, Illinois, USA; folk singer/songwriter ("Forest Lawn").

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1940 - Deadline for Warsaw Jews to move into the Warsaw Ghetto.

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1941 - German submarine U-562 torpedoes American destroyer USS Reuben James while escorting a British convoy west of Ireland. 115 Americans die.

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1941 - The Mount Rushmore monument is completed in the USA.

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1942 - Birth of David Ogden Stiers in Peoria, Illinois, USA; actor (Charles Emerson Winchester - M*A*S*H, Doc).

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1943 - The F4U Corsair accomplishes the first successful radar-guided interception.

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1943 - Washington Redskins' Sammy Baugh passes for six touchdowns versus Brooklyn (48-10).

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1944 - Birth of Kinky Friedman in Palestine, Texas, USA; country rocker ("Ride 'em Jewboy").

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