In 1889, French engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel unfurled the French tricolor from the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, officially marking its completion. Eiffel's work, however, was denounced by artists, composers and authors who signed a petition condemning the Tower as a "horrid nightmare" that resembled " a huge, black factory smokestack."
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Radio and TV personality Henry Moargan (1915)
Actor Richard Kiley (1922)
Actor William Daniels (1927)
Labor Leader Cesar Chavez (1927)
Actress Shirley Jones (1934)
Actor Richard Chamberlin (1935)
Musician Herb Alpert (1935)
Actor Christopher Walken (1943)
Comedian Gabe Kaplan (1945)
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"It is much easier to repent of sins that we have committed than to repent of those we intend to commit."
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"Josh Billings" (Henry Wheeler Shaw), American author