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1783

Hannah Hoes Van Buren, wife of Martin Van Buren

1799

Simon Cameron, political boss.

1804

Alvan Clark, telescope manufacturer

1841

Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., U.S. Supreme Court Justice

1859

Kenneth Grahame, Scottish author (The Wind in the Willows).

1879

Otto Hahn, co-discoverer of nuclear fission

1902

Louise Beavers, film actress.

1923

Cyd Charisse, dancer, actress.

1923

John McPhee, writer (Oranges, A Sense of Where You Are).

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