In 1793, the world-famous Louvre Museum in Paris opened its doors to the public for the first time.
In 1837, Mount Holyoke Seminary, a college exclusively for women, opened in South Hadley, Mass.
On Nov. 8, 1923, Adolf Hitler launched his first attempt at seizing power in Germany with a failed coup in Munich that came to be known as the "Beer-Hall Putsch." Hitler was imprisoned for high treason.
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Actress Katherine Hepburn (1909)
Actress June Havoc (1916)
Actor-director Gene Saks (1921)
Singer Patti Page (1927)
CBS newsman Morley Safer (1931)
Actor Alain Delon (1935)
Singer Bonnie Raitt (1949)
Singer-actor Leif Garrett (1961)
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"There is no escape - man drags man down, or man lifts man up."
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Booker T. Washington, American author and educator