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Sympathy for the Neville

Today in History: Born on November 23

1804

Franklin Pierce, hero of the American war with Mexico and 14th president of the United States.

1878

Ernest King, commander-in-chief of the U.S. fleet who designed the United States' winning strategy in World War II.

1887

Boris Karloff, film actor most famous for his role as the monster in the movie Frankenstein.

1888

Adolph Arthur "Harpo" Marx, American comedian, one of the Marx brothers.

1897

Willie "The Lion" Smith, jazz and ragtime pianist.

1923

Gloria Whelan, poet, author primarily known for children's and young-adult fiction; her novel Homeless Bird won the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 2000.

1943

Andrew Goodman, civil rights activist; murdered by Ku Klux Klan in 1964 near Philadelphia, Miss.

1961

John Schnatter, businessman; founded Papa John's Pizza.

1980

Ishmael Beah, authored A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, a memoir of his time as a Sierra Leonean child solider in that country's civil war.

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