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Ulysses Simpson Grant (Hiram Ulysses Grant)

Grant was born on this day in 1822. He was the 18th U.S. President,
Lt. General in command of all Union armies during the U.S. Civil
War, nickname: Hero of Appomattox.

Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines on this day in 1521.

On this day in 1805, a force led by U.S. Marines captured the city of Derna, on the shores of Tripoli. The Marines’ Hymn is a tribute to the Warriors who stormed the fortress, raised the American flag,
and gave us "the shores of Tripoli."

On this day in 1947, "Babe Ruth Day" was celebrated at Yankee
Stadium. The Babe, above, whispered his gratitude to the crowd
of over 58,000 cheering fans.  

Carol Creighton Burnett was born in San Antonio, Texas.

Carol Burnett Hosted The Carol Burnett Show on CBS for a decade after
winning Tony, Emmy, and Golden Globe Awards for her work in various
genres. Her show is called one of the greatest TV shows of all time by
various outlets. Carol Burnett once worked as an usherette and hat-
check girl while living in a boarding house for women pursuing an
careers in acting.

Carol Burnett as the hopeless klutz Agnes Grep in “Cavender Is
Coming” Season Three, Episode 101 of “The Twilight Zone”, 
Original Air Date: May 25, 1962.

Alfredo James Pacino was born New York City, New York.

Al Pacino had his breakthrough as mobster Michael Corleone in
the Godfather trilogy and won an Academy Award for Best Actor
for his role as Frank Slade in the 1992 film Scent of a Woman and
is also known for his starring roles He is also known for starring 
in Dog Day Afternoon (1975), Heat (1995), Scarface (1983) and 
Serpico (1973). 

He developed a love for acting at an early age and participated in
the majority of his school’s productions. As a teenager, he went
by the nickname Sunny and developed a reputation as a
troublemaker at school. 

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Al Pacino in The Godfather ll (1974)

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Guglielmo Marconi, (1st Marquis of Marconi) (April 25, 1874 – July 20, 1937) 

Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer known for his
pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission and for his
development of Marconi’s law and a radio telegraph system. He is
credited as the inventor of radio, and he shared the 1909 Nobel
Prize in Physics with Karl Ferdinand Braun "in recognition of
their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy".

It was on this day in 1507.

On this day in 1945, U.S. and Soviet forces met at Torgau, Germany 
near the Elbe River.

The U.S. Hubble Space Telescope was placed into Earth’s orbit on
this day in 1990. It was released by the space shuttle Discovery
(below).

Ella Jane Fitzgerald (April 25, 1917 – June 15, 1996)

The Queen of Jazz, Ella Fitzgerald, won thirteen Grammy Awards and
became a legend for singing "Into Each Life Some Rain Must Fall"
and "I’m Making Believe." Her rendition of "Summertime" with Louis
Armstrong is considered one of the best collaborations in music
history.

Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong in the recording studio.

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It was on this day in 1980.

Irish nationalist launched the Easter Rebellion against British
occupation forces on this day in 1916. They were overtaken
several days later.

During World War I on this day in 1915, the Ottoman Turkish Empire began the mass deportation of Armenians.

A group of men excavates the remains of victims of the Armenian genocide.

Mark Rudd (center) a leader of the student protest at Columbia
University in New York,

On this day in 1968, student militants occupied Hamilton Hall, the main
classroom building, and took a dean hostage for 24 hours. They stormed
into the office of the university’s president, ransacked files and smoked
his cigars. Over the next few days, hundreds of students would seize a
total of five campus buildings.

The protests were part of a year of global tumult that included Vietnam’s
Tet Offensive, the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F.
Kennedy and mass demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention
in Chicago.

Barbara Joan "Barbra" Streisand is 50 years young today.

Singing icon Barbara Streisand has sold over 245 million records
and won 10 Grammy Awards, including an Album of the Year Award
for The Barbra Streisand Album in 1963. She has also had success
as an actress, receiving an Academy Award for Best Actress for her
role in the 1968 musical film Funny Girl.