In 1520, Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reached the Pacific Ocean after passing through the South American strait that now bears his name.
In 1942, nearly 500 people died in a fire that destroyed the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in Boston. The exact cause of the fire was never determined, though many blamed a busboy who survived the blaze.
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Actress Hope Lange (1933)
Former Colorado Senator Gary Hart (1936)
Singer Randy Newman (1943)
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"What you really value is what you miss, not what you have."