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Anniversaries and Today in History Highlights
America Today presents anniversaries of notable figures such as James McHenry Daniel Read Persifor F. Smith and Henry Gassaway Davis with brief birth and death details. It also notes Today in History events from 1864 Sherman’s Atlanta march to 1956 Soviet warning, and lists birthdays of Philip D. Reed and John L. Burns.
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James McHenry
Sarr Lane
Ireland
Daniel Read
New Haven
Conn
Offeusi¢E
Auleboro
Mass
J. Mezis
Ohio
U.S
Middletown
Persifor F. Smith
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Henry Gassaway Davis
West Virginia
Baltimore
Atlanta
S. S. McClure
Yale
U.S. Army of Occupation
Germany
United States
Soviet Russia
Middle East
Philip D. Reed
General Electric
Horn
Milwaukee
John L. Burns
Radio Corporation of America