In 1587, a second English colony - like th first fated to vanish under mysterious circumstances - was established on Roanoke Island off North Carolina.
In 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, safely reunited aboard the command module, blasted out of lunar orbit for the start of their journey home after the first landing on the moon.
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Rose Kennedy (1890)
Singer Margaret Whiting (1924)
Actor-comedian Orson Bean (1928)
Fashion designer Oscar de la Renta (1932)
Actor Terrance Stamp (1940)
Game show host Alex Trebek (1940)
Actor-singer Bobby Sherman (1945)
Actor-comedian-director Albert Brooks (1947)
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"There is a single light of science, and to brighten it anywhere is to brighten it everywhere."