On This Day in History |
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1772 Captain James Cook begins his second voyage to the South Seas aboard HMS Resolution to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent). |
1832 Source of Mississippi River discovered by American geographer Henry Schoolcraft. |
1835 Swedish-American inventor John Ericsson files for a patent for his screw propeller design. |
1870 King Wilhelm I of Prussia sends the "Emser Depeche (Ems Telegram)" to Otto von Bismarck who publishes an edited version to purposely offend the French government precipitating the Franco-German War. |
 | Dedication of the name famous "Hollywoodland" sign |
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1923 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads "Hollywoodland" but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949. |
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Also Nathan Bedford Forrest and Patrick Stewart (84). |
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Also Jean-Paul Marat and George Steinbrenner. |
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Frank Sinatra cut his first disc on this day. It was a flop. But he would go on to be hailed as the “Voice of the Century”. |
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