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January Origins and Notable Births Highlight Old World Roots
January bears names from wolves to Thor and Janus reflecting weather and legends. The column lists birth anniversaries of Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Benedict Arnold, Israel Putnam, Joan of Arc, Poe, Burns, Service, Mozart, Schubert, Burke, Franklin, Webster, Watt, Cicero, and Sir John A. Macdonald born January 11 1815 in Glasgow. Macdonald helped unite Canada and served as its first premier, dying in 1891.
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Thor
Janus
Robert E. Lee
Storewall Jackson
Benedict Arnold
Israel Putnam
Joan of Arc
Edgar Allan Poe
Robert Burns
Robert W. Service
Mozart
Franz Schubert
Edmund Burke
Benjamin Franklin
Daniel Webster
James Watt
Cicero
Sir John A. MacDonald
Dominion
Glasgow
Scotland
Canada
Kingston
Ont
Provincia Assembly
Dominion of Canada