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AncientPages.com - On Jan 19, 1809, Edgar Allan Poe, an American writer, was born in Boston. Poe was a writer, editor, and literary critic, best known for his poetry
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AncientPages.com - On January 15, 1929, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr was born in Atlanta, Georgia. King was twentieth-century America’s most compelling civil rights leader. After entering Morehouse College
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AncientPages.com - On January 2, 1920, Isaac Asimov, a science fiction creator, was born. He grew up in New York, but during his two decades in Boston, he achieved
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AncientPages.com - On December 27, 1571, Johannes Kepler, 'Father of Modern Astronomy,' was born. His three fundamental statements about planetary motion represent his work, which he based on
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AncientPages.com - On December 8, 1542, Mary Queen of Scots was born. She represents one of history's true enigmas. Historians know plenty about what she did and where she
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AncientPages.com - On November 27, 1701, Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, physicist, and mathematician (1701-1744), was born. He invented the centigrade (Celsius) temperature scale commonly used in Europe and founded
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AncientPages.com - On October 23, 1919, Manolis Andronikos, a Greek archaeologist, was born. Andronikos discovered the tomb of Philip II of Macedon, the father of Alexander III the Great.
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AncientPages.com - On October 2, 1869, Mahatma Gandhi, popularly known as Father of Nation, was born at Porbandar, a small town in Kathiawar, Gujarat, India. Mahatma Gandhi played
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AncientPages.com - On September 18, 53 AD, Roman Emperor Trajan was born in Spain. He was the Second of Five Good Emperors. Trajan (Marcus Ulpius Nerva Traianus) was
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AncientPages.com - On 31 August 12 AD, Caligula (Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus) was born. Caligula was the Roman Emperor (37–41 AD). Still, there are few surviving sources
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AncientPages.com - On August 30, 1400, Vlad II, Vlad Dracul ('Vlad the Dragon'), was born. He reigned from 1436 to 1442 and again from 1443 to 1447. He
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AncientPages.com - On Aug 6, 1840, Adolph Bandelier, a Swiss-American anthropologist famous for his studies of the American Indian cultures, was born. Bandelier was the first historian and
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AncientPages.com - On May 9 (or about this day), 1265, Dante Alighieri was born in Florence, Italy. He was the Florentine writer, Italy's national poet, best known for his epic
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