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| 1765 | Frederick County, Md., repudiated the British Stamp Act. |
| 1804 | Franklin Pierce, the 14th president of the United States, was born in Hillsboro, N.H. |
| 1889 | The jukebox made its debut, at the Palais Royale Saloon in San Francisco. |
| 1903 | Singer Enrico Caruso made his American debut at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, appearing in "Rigoletto." |
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| 1936 | Life magazine, created by Henry R. Luce, was first published. |
| 1945 | Most U.S. wartime rationing of foods, including meat and butter, ended. |
| 1971 | The People's Republic of China was seated in the U.N. Security Council. |
| 1980 | A series of earthquakes devastated southern Italy, killing some 2,600 people. |
| 2000 | In a setback for Democratic presidential candidate Al Gore, the Florida Supreme Court refused to order Miami-Dade County to resume counting ballots by hand. |
| 2001 | An Israeli helicopter fired two missiles at a van in the West Bank, killing Mahmoud Abu Hanoud, a leading member of the Islamic militant Hamas group. |
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| 2003 | Eduard Shevardnadze resigned as president of Georgia in the face of protests. |
| 2004 | Opposition leader Viktor Yushchenko declared himself the winner of Ukraine's disputed presidential election and took a symbolic oath of office. |
| 2006 | Former KGB spy Alexander Litvinenko died in London from radiation poisoning after making a deathbed statement blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
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Highlights of This Day in History |
| Today's Birthdays: |
| Actress-singer Miley Cyrus ("Hannah Montana") turns 17 years old today. |
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| Name | Profession | Age |
| Jerry Bock | Broadway composer ("Fiddler on the Roof") | 81 |
| Franco Nero | Actor | 68 |
| Susan Anspach | Actress | 67 |
| Joe Eszterhas | Screenwriter | 65 |
| James Doyle | Governor of Wisconsin | 64 |
| Steve Landesberg | Actor ("Barney Miller") | 64 |
| Bruce Vilanch | Actor, comedy writer | 62 |
| Bruce Hornsby | Rock musician | 55 |
| Mary Landrieu | U.S. senator, D-La. | 54 |
| Maxwell Caulfield | Actor | 50 |
| John Henton | Actor | 49 |
| Robin Roberts | TV host ("Good Morning America") | 49 |
| Ken Block | Rock musician (Sister Hazel) | 43 |
| Charlie Grover | Rock musician | 43 |
| Salli Richardson-Whitfield | Actress | 42 |
| Oded Fehr | Actor | 39 |
| Kurupt | Rapper, actor | 37 |
| Page Kennedy | Actor ("Desperate Housewives") | 33 |
| Kelly Brook | Actress ("Smallville") | 30 |
| Jonathan Papelbon | Baseball player | 29 |
| Lucas Grabeel | Actor ("High School Musical") | 25 |
| Austin Majors | Actor ("NYPD Blue") | 14 |
| Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., turns 59 years old today. |
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