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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1865 – Robert E. Lee surrenders his army to Ulysses S. Grant, effectively ending the Civil War (More info)

1959 – NASA announces its first seven astronauts, later dubbed the “Mercury Seven” (More info)

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Hugh Hefner
Age: 86
Occupation: Publisher, Entrepreneur, and Subject of Male Envy
Known For: Founding Playboy Enterprises, starting Playboy magazine and its associated nightclubs, his public support of gay rights and animal rights, and pretty much always having a few siliconed young ladies as his “girlfriends”

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1904 – Longacre Square in Manhattan is renamed Times Square after the New York Times (More info)

1935 – The Works Progress Administration is approved by Congress to help alleviate joblessness during the Great Depression (More info)

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

John Schneider
Age: 52
Occupation: Actor and Singer
Known For: Playing Bo Duke in the 1980s series ‘The Dukes of Hazzard’ and Jonathan Kent on ‘Smallville,’ and releasing 18 country music singles including the chart-toppers ‘I’ve Been Around Enough to Know,’ ‘What’s a Memory Like You (Doing in a Love Like This)’ and ‘You’re the Last Thing I Needed Tonight’

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1862 – General Ulysses S. Grant and the Union Army defeat the Confederates near Shiloh, Tenn. (More info)

1940 – Booker T. Washington becomes the first African-American to be depicted on a US postage stamp (More info)

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Jackie Chan
Age: 58
Occupation: Actor and Martial Artist
Known For: Showcasing his acrobatic fighting style, comic timing, use of improvised weapons, and innovative stunts in more than 100 films, including ‘Rumble in the Bronx,’ ‘The Karate Kid’ and the ‘Rush Hour’ movie franchise, and being widely revered as a cultural icon both in his native China and in the US

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Merle Haggard
Age: 75
Occupation: Singer, Songwriter and Musician
Known For: Creating country’s Bakersfield Sound along with his band the Strangers and Buck Owens, being part of the “outlaw country” movement, scores of No. 1 hits like ‘Okie from Muskogee,’ ‘I Think I’ll Just Stay Here and Drink’ and ‘Natural High,’ and influencing countless other artists

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1830 – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is organized by Joseph Smith, Jr. and others (More info)

1896 – The first modern Olympic Games are held in Athens, Greece (More info)

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Here’s a look at some notable birthdays being celebrated today:

Colin Powell
Age: 75
Occupation: Retired Statesman and Army General
Known For: Serving as National Security Advisor, Commander of the US Army Forces Command and as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, being the 65th United States Secretary of State and the first African-American to hold the position, and going against the GOP establishment by supporting Barack Obama during his 2008 campaign

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Here’s a look at some interesting events that took place on this day in history:

1792 – President George Washington casts the first presidential veto (More info)

1922 – The American Birth Control League, forerunner of Planned Parenthood, is incorporated (More info)

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