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Sympathy for the Neville

Sympathy for the Neville

Today in History: Born on May 16

1444

Sandro Botticelli, painter (The Birth of Venus).

1749

Edward Jenner, physician.

1836

Joseph Norman Lockyer, British astronomer and discoverer of helium.

1866

Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, French composer.

1900

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, Iranian religious leader.

1903

James "Cool Papa" Bell, baseball player.

1912

Archibald Cox, special prosecutor in the Watergate hearings, fired by President Richard Nixon.