In 1870, the first section of Atlantic City, N.J., boardwalk was opened to the public.
In 1900, a commission that included Dr. Walter Reed began the fight against the deadly disease yellow fever.
In 1917, the first troops of the American Expeditionary Force arrived in France during World War I.
In 1919, the first issue of the New York Daily News was published.
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he was greeted by more than 1 million of the divided dity's residents. In a speech, Kennedy made his famous declaration, "Ich bin ein Berliner."
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Actress Eleanor Parker (1922)
Singer Billy Davis (1940)
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"Too bad all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair."