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Apr 09, 2006 21:43


Events:
1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great pomp as would befit a returning god.
1939 - In Munich, Adolf Hitler narrowly escapes an assassination attempt while celebrating the 16th anniversary of the Beer Hall Putsch.
1960 - U.S. presidential election, 1960: John F. Kennedy is elected over Richard M. Nixon, becoming the youngest man elected to that office.

Births:
1836 - Milton Bradley, American lithographer and game manufacturer (d. 1911)
1847 - Bram Stoker, Irish novelist (d. 1912)
1884 - Hermann Rorschach, Swiss psychiatrist (d. 1922)

Deaths:
1887 - Doc Holliday, American gambler and gunfighter (b. 1851)

Weird:
Birth:  1896 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (d. 1977)
Death: 1977 - Bucky Harris, baseball player (b. 1896)
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