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Today is Day 338 of 2024
1755
American painter Gilbert Stuart (Portrait of
Washington) born in North Kingstown, Rhode Island.
1818 
Illinois becomes the
21st U.S. state.
1826
General George B.
McClellan born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1857
Writer Joseph Conrad (Heart of
Darkness) born in Berdychiv, Russian Empire.
1926
Mystery
writer Agatha
Christie goes missing for 11 days.
1927
Putting Pants
on Philip, the first Laurel and Hardy
film, is released.
1930 
French film director Jean-Luc Godard
(Breathless)
born in Paris, France.
This Day at the New Yorker
Proverb:
“He who chases two rabbits at once will catch none.” ~ German Proverb
