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Today is Day 37 of 2024
1665
Anne,
Queen of Great Britain born in Westminster, England.
She would
be the last monarch of the House of
Stuart.
1685
King Charles II
dies in Whitehall Palace, London.
He is suceeded by his brother who
will be known as James II of
England and Ireland & James VII of Scotland.
1736
German-Austrian sculpter Franz Xaver
Messerschmidt born in Swabia, Germany.
He was known for creating
a series of busts with extreme facial expressions.
1748
Founder of
the Order of the
Illuminati Adam
Weishaupt born in Ingolstadt, Bavaria.
1756
Vice
President of the United States and duelist Aaron Burr is born in
Newark, New Jersey.
1788 
Massachusetts
becomes the sixth U. S. state.
1833
Confederate
General J. E. B.
Stuart born in Patrick County, Virginia.
1895
Baseball great George Herman (Babe)
Ruth is born in Baltimore, Maryland.
1899
Silent film
actor Ramon
Novarro (Ben-Hur) born in Durango City, Mexico.
1911
Actor and
40th President of the United States Ronald Wilson Reagan
born in Tampico, Illinois.
1914
Voice actor
and singer Thurl
Ravenscroft (You'
re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch) born in Norfolk, Nebraska.
1917
Actress and
Miss Hungary of 1936 Zsa Zsa Gabor born
in Budapest, Hungary.
1932
French film
director Franç
ois Truffaut (The
400 Blows) born in Paris.
1933
Actress Mamie Van Doren
(High
School Confidential) born in Rowena, South Dakota.
1936 
IV Winter
Olympics open in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
1945
Reggae star
Bob Marley born in
Spanish Town, Jamaica.
1952
Princess
Elizabeth becomes queen Elizabeth II of the
United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms upon the death of her
father, George
VI.
At the exact moment of succession, she was in a treehouse at
the Treetops
Hotel in Kenya.
1968 
X Winter
Olympics open in Grenoble, France.
2005
Super Bowl XXXIX
- Patriots beat the Eagles 24-21 in Jacksonville.
2011
Super Bowl XLV -
The Green Bay Packers beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 31-25 at Cowboy
Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave." – Dakota Sioux
