In 1812, the USS Constitution - also known as "Old Ironsides" - defeated the British frigate Guerriere in a naval battle east of Nova Scotia during the War of 1812. It was a victory that made a hero of Captain Isaac Hull, and boosted American morale in the early stages of the war.
In 1848, the New York Herald reported the discovery of gold in California.
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Publisher Malcolm Forbes (1919)
"Star Trek" producer Gene Roddenberry (1921)
Jockey Willie Shoemaker (1931)
Actress Debra Paget (1933)
Renee Richards (1934)
Singer Johnny Nash (1940)
Actor Adam Arkin (1956)
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"For an idea ever to be fashionable is ominous, since it must afterwards be always old-fashioned."