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Notable anniversaries and birthdays in early American history
A roundup of anniversaries and birthdays features figures like James E. Oglethorpe, Ann Judson, Thomas Higginson, Hezekiah Butterworth, and Frank Kelleg with birthplaces and death dates. Also listed are Today in History items from 1775 to 1953, and today's birthday notables Deems Taylor, Clark Hungerford, and others, plus a horoscope and cantata notice from Edgewood Church of God. An oversized egg incident at News-Post and a note on weather thunder conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Oglethorpe
Georgia
Boro
Ann H. Judson
Burma
Bradford
Mass
Thomas Wentworth Higginson
Boston
Cambridge
Hezekiah Butterworth
Rhode Island
Warren
R. I
Frank B. Kelleg
Paul. Minn
U. S
Potsdam
N. Y.Y
Head Tide
Maine
Continental Congress
Esek Hopkins
James Fenimore Cooper
Philadelphia
Congress
Lafayette
America
American Golf Association
Wake Island
Red China
U.N
China
Aclington Relirsot
Truman
Taylor
New York
Clark Hungerford
St. Laws-San Francisco Railroad
Jackson
Tenn
Charles ©. Jarchow
American Steel Foundries
Chicago
Saeut
Howard A. Craig
Grayson Masser
Chest- Maurice King
Walkersville
Exer Blank
Howard