In 1757, the first secretary of the Treasuary, Alexander Hamilton, was born in the West Indies.
In 1935, aviator Amelia Earhart began a trip from Honolulu to Oakland, CA., that would make her the first woman to fly solo across the Pacific Ocean.
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Actress-director Eva Le Gallienne (1898)
Former NBC President Grant Tinker (1925)
Producer David L. Wolper (1927)
Actor Rod Taylor (1928)
Country singer Naomi Judd (1945)
Golfer Ben Crenshaw (1951)
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"Children are remarkable for their intelligence and ardor, for their curiosity, their intolerance of shams, the clarity and ruthlessness of their vision."
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Aldous Huxley, English author and critic (1894-1963)