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-- card: 46185 from stack: in.0
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April 7
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In 1788, the first permanent settlement in Ohio was founded at present-day Marietta.
In 1862, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the Battle of Shiloh in Tennessee.
In 1927, an audience in New York saw an image of Commerce Secretary Herbert Hoover in the first successful long-distance demonstration of television.
In 1939, Italy invaded Albania, which offered only token resistance. Less than a week later, Italy annexed Albania.
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Actor James Garner (1928)
Actor Wayne Rogers (1933)
Media commentator Hodding Carter (1935)
Former California Gov. Jerry Brown (1938)
Movie director Francis Ford Coppola (1939)
Television personality David Frost (1939)
Singer John Oates (1949)
Football player Tony Dorsett (1953)
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"No date on the calendar is as important as tomorrow."
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Roy W. Howard, American newpaper publisher (1883-1964)