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Today is Day 38 of 2024
1497
In Florence,
Italy, the bonfire of the
vanities occurs when supporters of Girolamo
Savonarola burn thousands of objects that were believed to lead one
into sin like cosmetics, art, and books.
1612
Devil at the
Red Bull
theatre, playwright, theatre company manager, exorcism witness, wit
and jester Thomas
Killigrew born in London, England.
1812 
Novelist Charles Dickens
( The Pickwick
Papers) born in Portsmouth, England.
1867
Writer Laura Ingalls
Wilder (Little
House in the Big Woods) born in Pepin, Wisconsin.
1883
Jazz great
Eubie Blake born in
Baltimore, Maryland.
1885
Writer Sinclair Lewis (Main Street)
born in Sauk Center, Minnesota.
1898
Folk
musician Dock Boggs
born in Norton, Virginia.
1908
Actor and swimmer Buster Crabbe (Flash Gordon) born
in Oakland, California.
Crabbe won the 1932 Olympic
gold medal for 400-meter freestyle swimming.
1932
Author Gay Talese (Honor Thy
Father) born in Ocean City, New Jersey.
1940
Walt
Disney Animation Studios premieres Pinocchio.
This is the studios second full length animated film.
1964 
The Beatles arrive at New
York's Kennedy Airport for their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan
Show.
Cassius Clay becomes a Muslim adopting the name Muhammad Ali.
1984 
XIV Winter
Olympics open in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
1990
The
Dissolution of the Soviet Union finds the Central
Committee of the Soviet Communist Party giving up its monopoly
power.
1998 
XVIII Winter
Olympics open in Nagano, Japan.
2009
Black
Saturday Bush fires begin in Victoria,
Australia
This was the worst natural disaster in Australia's
history.
2010
Super Bowl XLIV -
New Orleans Saints beat the Indianapolis Colts 31 to 17 in Miami.
2014 
XXII Winter
Olympics open in Sochi, Russia.
2021
Super Bowl XLIV -
The Tampa Bay Bucaneers beat the Kansas City Chiefs 31 to 9 in Tampa
Bay, Florida.
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Proverb:
"Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good." ~ Buddhist Proverb
