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Anniversaries and Birthdays Highlight Historical Figures
A dated list marks anniversaries and birthdays across centuries. Entries include Nathan Bedford Forrest, Jonathan Meigs, Joseph Henry, Adlai Stevenson, and notable contemporaries like Anthony Arpaia Paul Cadmus Erskine Caldwell Erskine Caldwell William McChesney Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
New York
New England
Canada
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Nessel
Grant
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
N.C
Hambhung
Hungnam
Korea
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
Jonathan Meigs
Middletown
Conn
Sag Harbor
Long Island
N. Y
Marietta
Ohio
Georgia
Joseph Henry
Albany
Albany Academy
Princeton
Henry
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D. C
Anthony F. Arpaia
USNG
Adjutant General of
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Paul Cadmus
New York City
Erskine Caldwell
White Oak
William McChesney Martin
Federal Reserve Board
St. Louis