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Today in History and Celebrity Birthdays
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Today-History-Jan16
Today in History for Jan. 16: In 1543, the British Parliament prohibited any ``women or artificer's prentices, journeymen, servingmen of the degree of yeoman, or under, husbandmen or labourers to read the New Testament in English.
Jan 16, 2024 12:15 AM
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Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 15: Actress Margaret O'Brien ("Meet Me In St. Louis") is 87. TV and radio personality Dini Petty is 79. Retired ballerina Veronica Tennant is 78. Actress Andrea Martin is 77.
Jan 15, 2024 12:15 AM
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Today-History-Jan15
Today in History for Jan. 15: In AD 345, Paul of Thebes, traditionally considered the first Christian hermit and an inspiration for Antony of Egypt and later Christian monasticism, died.
Jan 15, 2024 12:15 AM
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Today-Music-History-Jan15
Today in Music History for Jan. 15: In 1882, tenor Henry Burr (born Harry McClaskey), the most prolific recording artist of his era, was born in St. Stephen, N.B. He recorded an estimated 12,000 titles from 1902 to about 1930.
Jan 15, 2024 12:15 AM
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Today-Music-History-Jan14
Today in Music History for Jan. 14: In 1790, the first operatic work to be performed in Canada, "Colas et Colinette ou le Bailli Dupe," premiered in Montreal. In 1900, Puccini's opera "Tosca" had its world premiere in Rome.
Jan 14, 2024 12:15 AM
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Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 14: Singer Caterina Valente is 93. Olympic alpine skier Lucille Wheeler is 89. Blues singer Clarence Carter is 88. Singer Jack Jones is 86. Actress Faye Dunaway is 83.
Jan 14, 2024 12:15 AM
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Today-History-Jan14
Today in History for Jan. 14: In 1529, Spanish diplomat and writer Juan de Valdes published his Dialogue on Christian Doctrine. It paved the way for Protestant ideas in Spain.
Jan 14, 2024 12:15 AM
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Celebrity-Birthdays-Jan13
Celebrity Birthdays for Jan. 13: TV personality Nick Clooney is 90. Actor Charlie Brill is 86. Actor Billy Gray (``Father Knows Best'') is 86. John Lees, lead guitarist with Barclay James Harvest, is 77. Guitarist Trevor Rabin of Yes is 70.
Jan 13, 2024 12:15 AM
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Today-Music-History-Jan13
Today in Music History for Jan. 13: In 1501, Christianity's first vernacular hymnal was printed in Prague, capital of the present-day Czech Republic. It contained 89 hymns in the Czech language.
Jan 13, 2024 12:15 AM
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Today in History for Jan. 13: In 1691, Englishman George Fox, founder of the Society of Friends, or Quakers, died. In 1695, satirist Jonathan Swift, author of "Gulliver's Travels," was ordained an Anglican priest in Ireland.
Jan 13, 2024 12:15 AM
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