In 752, Pope Stephen II died only two days after his election.
In 1911, more than 140 immigrant workers were killed when fire broke out at the Triangle Shirt waist Company in New York. The disaster, which shocked the public, led to reforms governing safety in the workplace.
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Film director David Lean (1908)
Sprortscaster Howard Cosell (1920)
Former astronaut Jim Lovell (1928)
Singer Aretha Franklin (1942)
Singer Elton John (1947)
Actor Haywood Nelson (1960)
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"So often we rob tomorrow's memories by today's
economies."
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John Mason Brown, American critic and lecture (1900-1969)