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1667
Satirist, physician and polymath, John Arbuthnot born in Kincardineshire, Scotland>

1899

Bandleader Duke Ellington born in Washington, D.C.

1901
Japanese emperor for much of the 20th century, Hirohito born in Tokyo.

1933
Singer-songwriter Willie Nelson (Stardust) born in Abbott, Texas.

1945
German dictator Adolf Hitler marries his girlfriend Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker.

1946
Religious leader Father Divine, aka God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.

1947
Musician Tommy James (Hanky Panky) born in Dayton, Ohio.

1954
Comedian Jerry Seinfeld (Seinfeld) born in Brooklyn, New York.

1957
Actor Daniel Day-Lewis (Lincoln) born in London.

1958

Actress Michelle Pfeiffer (Batman Returns) born in Santa Ana, California.

1968
The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway.

1970

Actress Uma Thurman born in Boston.

1975

The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in advance of the North Vietnamese takeover.