In 1756, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.
In 1832, Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who would gain fame as author Lewis Carroll, was born in Cheshire, England.
In 1880, Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent lamp.
In 1943, the first all-American air raid took place against Germany during World War II.
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Musical conductor Skitch Henderson (1918)
Actor Troy Donahue (1936)
Ballet star Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948)
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"If we die, we want people to accept it...We are in a risky business and we hope that if anything happens to us, it will not delay the program. The conquest of space is worth the risk of life."