1829: Stephenson’s ‘The Rocket’ wins The Rainhill Trials

1860: Communication: Telepgraph line between Los Angeles and San Franciso opens.

1967: Guerilla Leader Che Guevara and his men are captured in Bolivia.

1939: Paul Hogan, Australian Actor was born. (That’s not a knife…. this is a knife…)

1949: Chevy Chase, American Comedy Actor

1970: Matt Damon, American Actor

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