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December 30

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In 1853, the United States bought some 45,000 square miles of land from Mexico in a deal that became known as the Gadsden Purchase, for theman who engineered it, James Gadsden.  (The area became the southern part of Arizona and New Mexico.)

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Actress Jeanette Nolan  (1911)

Former Beauty pageant host Bert Parks  (1914)

Actress Jo Van Fleet  (1919)

Singer Bo Diddley  (1928)

ActorJack Lord  (1930)

Actor John Hillerman  (1932)

Baseball hall-of-famer Sandy Koufax  (1935)

Singer-musician Michael Nesmith (1942)

Actress Tracey Ullman  (1959)

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"No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free, none ever will."
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President Thomas Jefferson  (1743-1826)