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 Revolutionary War patriot Paul Revere born 1735
Diplomat/Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sugihara born 1900
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Science fiction author Isaac Asimov born 1920
Hawaiian Queen Emma born in 1842.
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Fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien born 1892
Leper colony altruist Joseph DeVeuster (Father Damien) born 1840
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Inventor Louis Braille born 1809
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Scientist/botanist George Washington Carver born 1864
Dancer and choreographer Alvin Ailey born 1931
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Patron Saint of France Joan of Arc born 1412
Poet Carl Sandburg born 1878
Actor and comedian Danny Thomas born 1912
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Hiroshima atomic bomb victim Sadako Sasaki born 1943
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Singer Elvis Presley born 1935
Catholic saint Maximilian Kolbe born 1894
Essentially Ellington Jazz Essay Contest ~ Deadline February 6, 2009
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Nobel Laureate Rigoberta Menchu born 1959
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Thomas Paine's Common Sense published 1776
First meeting of the United Nations, 1946
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U.S. statesman Alexander Hamilton born 1755
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Author Jack London born 1876
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NASA selected first women astronauts 1978
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Physician and missionary Albert Schweitzer born 1875
Exchanges Connect online video contest deadline for entries January 26, 2009.
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Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. born 1929
Elizabeth crowned Queen of England in 1559
Humanitarian Day
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Wildlife conservationist Dian Fossey born 1932
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Champion boxer Muhammad Ali born 1942
U.S. statesman and scientist Benjamin Franklin born 1706
Environmentalist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. born 1954
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Children's author A.A. Milne born 1882
First successful open heart surgeon Dr. Daniel Hale Williams born 1858
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Poet and short-story writer Edgar Allen Poe born 1809
Indira Gandhi becomes Prime Minister of India in 1966
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
In honor of MLK Day, Barack Obama calls for volunteers
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Wildlife conservationist Joy Adamson born 1910
Exchanges Connect online video contest deadline for entries January 26, 2009.
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Explorer John C. Fremont born 1813
Exchanges Connect online video contest deadline for entries January 26, 2009.
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Physicist Andre-Marie Ampere born 1775
Exchanges Connect online video contest deadline for entries January 26, 2009.
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Painter Edouard Manet born 1832
Exchanges Connect online video contest deadline for entries January 26, 2009.
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Inventor of first rocket-powered aircraft Ernst Heinrich Heinkel born 1888
Native American prima ballerina Maria Tallchief born 1925
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Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated U.S. transcontinental telephone service 1915
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Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race first held 1925
Businessman/Philanthropist Paul Newman born 1925
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Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born 1756
International Holocaust Remembrance Day
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Pianist Arthur Rubinstein born 1887
Cuban poet and revolutionary philosopher José Julian Marti born 1853
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Businesswoman and TV personality Oprah Winfrey born 1954
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U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt born 1882
First black congresswoman Shirley Chisholm born 1924
2009 Coming Up Taller Award Nominations ~ deadline today
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Baseball player Jackie Robinson born 1919
Baseball player Nolan Ryan born 1947
The Volvo Adventure Competition ~ deadline for project submissions today.
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