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1503 
French astrologer and physician Nostradamus born.
1819 
Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
1911
Bandleader Spike Jones of City Slicker fame, born in Long Beach, California.
Explorer Roald Amundsen's team becomes the first to reach the South Pole.
1916
Writer Shirley Jackson (The Lottery) born in San Francisco.
