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Book Review: Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla (by Albert Castel and Thomas Goodrich): CWT

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Etienne Montgolfier, French inventor who, with his brother, launched the first successful hot-air balloon.

1800

Millard Fillmore, 13th President of the United States.

1845

Louis III, last King of Bavaria.

1911

Butterfly McQueen (Thelma McQueen), actress best known for her role as Scarlett O'Hara's maid Prissy in Gone with the Wind (1939); won Daytime Emmy portraying Aunt Thelma, a fairy godmother in "The Seven Wishes of Joanna Peabody," an ABC Afterschool Special.

1912

Charles Addams, cartoonist, creator of the Addams Family.

1922

Jean-Pierre Rampal, flautist.

1930

Jack Greene, country singer, musician; won Country Music Association Male Vocalist of the Year, Single of the Year, Album of the Year and Song of the Year for "There Goes My Everything" (1967).

1939

Prince Michael of Greece and Denmark.

1948

Kenny Loggins, singer, songwriter; half of Loggins and Messina duo.

1957

Katie Couric, journalist, author; has hosted news and talk shows on all three major TV networks.

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Book Review: Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla (by Albert Castel and Thomas Goodrich): CWT

Book Review: Bloody Bill Anderson: The Short, Savage Life of a Civil War Guerrilla (by Albert Castel and Thomas Goodrich): CWT

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