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Anniversaries in History and Today’s Birthdays
Today in History and notable birthdays list figures from James Kent to Elmo Roper. Entries cover birthplaces, birth years, notable roles, and death dates, including James Kent in Connecticut, John Ericsson in Sweden, Frederick Crouch in England, George Thomas in Virginia, Theobald Smith in Albany, Herbert Ives in Philadelphia, and remarks on events like Pontiac’s Detroit siege, the first US patent, Carlisle School, and Taft’s death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Kent
New York
Putnam Co
Conn
ysig—John Ericsson
Invenwr
Sweden
Frederick W. N. Crouch
Confederate Solar
Kathleen Mavourneen
England
Maine
George H. Thomas
Grea Id
Virginia
Otc
San Francisco
Theobald Smith
Rockefeller Foundation For Medical Research
Albany
W.P.A
New World
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican
Maxwell H. Gluck
Ceylon
Eisenhower
John P. Hagen
Vanguard Satellite Project
Amherst
Nova Scotia
Sebastian S. Kresger
Mountainhome
Bald Mount
Allan P. Kirby
The
Alleghany Corp
Wilkes- Barre
Alfred L. Banyard
Trenton
N. J