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Bernardo de La Paz

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1. October 14
Mon Sep 22, 2025, 10:12 AM
Sep 22

Born October 14, 1973 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Floyd

Born
1948: Norman Orenstein
1938: John Dean
1927: Roger Moore (90 years)
1916: C. Everett Koop (96 years)
1914: Raymond Davis , Jr. (91 years)
1900: W. Edwards Deming (93 years)
1890: Dwight D. Eisenhower (successful anti-fascist)
1644: William Penn

1947 – Flying the Bell XS-1 over Muroc Army Air Field in California, Captain Chuck Yeager breaks the sound barrier in level flight, reaching Mach 1.05.
1884 – George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
1888 – Louis Le Prince films the first motion picture, Roundhay Garden Scene.
1774 – American Revolution: The First Continental Congress denounces the British Parliament's Intolerable Acts and demands British concessions.
1322 – Robert the Bruce of Scotland defeats King Edward II of England at the Battle of Old Byland, forcing Edward to accept Scotland's independence.

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