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May 6

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In 1840, England introduced its first postage stamp.

In 1861, Arkansas seceded from the Union.

In 1882, Congress passed, over President Chester Alan Arthur's veto, the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred Chinese immigrants from the United States for 10 years.  Similar acts were passed in 1892 and 1902.

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Actor Stewart Granger  (1923)

Baseball great Willie Mays  (1931)

Rock singer Bob Seger  (1945)

Singer Janet Jackson  (1966)

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"Faults are thick where love is thin."
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Danish proverb.