Today in History by Thomas Newsom                       
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          The following people had birthdays on this day in history.          
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1743 Lavoisier
1819 Prince Albert
1873 Lee De Forest, invented the Audion vacuum tube (radio tube).
1898 Peggy Guggenheim
1951 Delvene Delaney (Strop's Missus)

            The following events happened on this day in history.             
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1629 Cambridge Agreement pledged.  Massachusetts Bay Co. stockholders
1629 agreed to emigrate to New England.
1791 John Fitch granted a US patent for his working steamboat.
1846 W. A. Bartlett appointed 1st US mayor of Yerba Buena (SF).
1883 Krakatoa; mightiest volcano ever, erupts.
1907 Houdini escapes from chains underwater at Aquatic Park in
1907 57 seconds.
1920 19th Amendment passes - Women's Suffrage granted (about time!)
1937 Pumping to build Treasure Island finished.
1939 1st TV broadcast of a major league ball game
1952 Fluoridation of San Francisco water begins.