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On This Day…
1823: Charles Macintosh, of Scotland sells the first raincoat.
1901: President Theodore Roosevelt officially renames the ‘Executive Mansion’ to the White House.
1953: Les Dennis, British comedian was born.
1964: The Soviet Union launches the Voskhod 1 into Earth orbit as the first spacecraft with multi-person crew and the first flight without space suits.
1979: The Hitchhickers Guide to the Galaxy, the of first five books is published by Douglas Adams.
1990: Jay Ward, American animator of Rocky and Bullwinkle died. (b. 1920)
1999: The day of Six Billion: The proclaimed 6 billionth living human in the world is born.
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