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  *mmddyyyy Birthdays *-------- ----------------------------------------------------------- B10171817 Samuel Ringgold Ward, minister, abolitionist, author, born B1017     on the  Eastern Shore of Maryland. B10021800 Nat Turner, leader of major slave rebellion, born in South B1002     ampton County, Virginia. *mmddyyyy Events *-------- ----------------------------------------------------------- S10081775 Council of general officers decided to bar slaves and free S1008     blacks from Continental Army. S10231775 Continental Congress approved resolution barring blacks S1023     from the army. S10171787 Boston blacks, led by Prince Hall, petitioned legislature S1017     for equal school facilities. S10091806 Death of mathematician Benjamin Banneker (74), in Ellico S1009     tt's Mills, Maryland. S10061847 National black convention met in Troy, N.Y., with more than S1006     six...

 *mmddyyyy Birthdays *-------- ------------------------------------------------------------ B10011881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft company. B10011924 Jimmy Carter, 39th President (1976-1980) B10021851 Ferdinand Foch, believed to be the leader responsible for B10021851CAllies winning World War I. B10021869 Mahatma Ghandi, pacifist. B10031803 John Gorrie, invented cold-air process of refrigeration B10031804 Townsend Harris, 1st Western consul to reside in Japan B10031925 Gore Vidal, writer. B10041822 Rutherford B. Hayes, 19th President (1877-1881) B10041895 Buster Keaton B10041931 Dick Tracy B10051829 Chester A. Arthur, 21st President (1881-1884) B10051882 Robert Hutchings Goddard, father of modern rocketry B10051905 Ray Kroc, who gave Ronald McDonald a job. B10061820 Jenny Lind, nightengale B10061846 George Westinghouse, responsible for alternating current in US. B10061866 Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, broadcast 1st program of voice & music B10071885 Niels Bohr, physicis...