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January 26

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In 1784, in a letter to his daughter, Benjamin Franklin expressed unhappiness over the choice of the eagle as the symbol of America, and expressed his own preference: the turkey.

In 1788, the first European settlers in Australia, led by Captain Arthur Phillip, landed in present-day Sydney.  (The party included 700 convicts from England.)

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Actor Paul Newman  (1925)

Singer Eartha Kitt  (1928)

Movie director Roger Vadim  (1928)

Cartoonist Jules Feiffer (1929)

Sportscaster-actor Bob Uecker (1935)

Activist Angela Davis (1944)

Movie critic Gene Siskel  (1946)

Singer-musician Eddie Van Halen  (1957)

Hockey star Wayne Gretzky  (1961)

Musician Andrew Ridgeley  (1963)

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"A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself."
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Lisa Kirk, American singer.