On This Day in
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ISTORY
Tuesday Jul 22, 2008
Born 1844: Rev. William Archibald Spooner, invented 'spoonerisms'
Born 1849: Emma Lazarus, whose poem was inscribed on the Statue of Liberty
Born 1890: Rose Kennedy
Born 1908: Amy Vanderbilt, authority on etiquette
Born 1928: Orson Bean, actor/comedian (I've Got a Secret, To Tell the Truth)
Born 1940: Alex Trebek, TV game host
Born 1945: Bobby Sherman actor/singer
Born 1947: Albert Brooks, comedian (Broadcast News, Lost in America)
Born 1947: Don Henley, drummer (Eagles)
In 1934 John Dillinger shot dead at Biograph Theater in Chicago
In 1942 Gasoline rationing begins in US during WW II
In 1967 Carl Sandburg poet (Abraham Lincoln: The Prarie Years), dies at 89
In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to killing 17 males in 1978
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