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Today in history and celebrity birthdays snapshot
Highlights include 1923 mastodon tusk unearthed in Allegan County by Strickfaden and Palmer during swamp work, 1803 Senate ratification of the Louisiana Purchase, 1944 MacArthur’s Leyte return, 1999 privacy rules for children online, and 2011 Gaddafi killed. Celebrity birthdays: Snoop Dogg 48, Wanda Jackson 82, Dan Fogler 43, Katie Featherston 37.
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John Strickfaden
Fred Palmer
Allegan County
Mr. Strickfaden
Mr. Palmer
Salem Township
Burnips Corners
U.S. Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Philippines
House Un-American Activities Committee
U.S
Meridian
Mississippi
James Chaney
Andrew Goodman
Michael Schwerner
Archibald Cox
Elliot L. Richardson
William B. Ruckelshaus
Frosta
George Prince
Mississippi River
New Orleans
Lynyrd Skynyrd
Ronnie van Zant
McComb