In 1801, American naval hero David G. Farragut was born in Knoxville, Tenn.
In 1810, showman Phineas T. Barnum was born in Bethel, Conn.
In 1811, Venezuela became the first South American country to declare its independence from Spain.
In 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law the National Labor Relations Board and authorized labor to organize for the purpose of collective bargaining.
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Julie Nixon Eisenhower (1948)
Rock star Huey Lewis (1951)
Baseball pitcher Rich "Goose" Gossage (1951)
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"He who knows only his own side of the case knows little of that."