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Anniversaries and Birthdays Highlight Historic Figures
A lengthy chronology marks birthdays and anniversaries of notable figures from U S and world history, including William Cushing born 1722 Massachusetts jurist and future Supreme Court justice, Cornelius Garrison 1809 Mississippi steamboat and bank financier, William Dean Howells born 1837, Augustus Saint-Gaudens born 184?, Mary E. Waller 1855, and Charles F. Lummis 1839, with Today in History events spanning 1783 to 1954 such as the first agricultural society in Philadelphia and the 1954 Puerto Rican nationalists shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam Cushing
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Scituate
Mass
Cornelius K. Garrison
Mississippi
Panama Bank
New York
San Francisco
Cish
West Point
William Dean Howells
Self York
Charles F. Lummis
Los Angeles
Lynn
Philadelphia Society For the Promotion of Agriculture
Agricultural Society
Alabama
Congress
Texas
Nebraska
Yellowstone
Rockefeller Foundation
Charles A. Lindbergh
U.S. House
Dinah Shore
Winchester
Tenn
Joseph E. Curran
The
National Union New York
Arthur L. Goodhart
Onford Univ
England