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Franklin bifocals Monnday, October 19, 2015

General Cornwallis' Surrender at Yorktown
[1781 - British General Charles Cornwallis surrenders to General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia]

Mountaineer Annie Peck

Mountaineer Annie Smith Peck

[1850 - Annie Smith Peck, mountaineer, born in Providence, Rhode Island]

[1885 - Charles E. Merrill, philanthropist, stockbroker, Merrill-Lynch founder, born in Green Cove Springs, Florida]

USS Burke (DDG-51)
[1901 - Arleigh A. Burke, US Navy Admiral, born in Boulder, Colorado]

[1907 - Alex Montoya, actor, born in ]

Actor Robert Beatty

Actor Robert Beatty

Actor Robert Beatty

[1909 - Robert Beatty, actor, born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada]

[1922 - Jackson Northman 'Jack' Anderson, investigative journalist, columnist,
author, born in Long Beach, California]

Mariner 5 Venus fly-by

[1967 - The Mariner 5 spacecraft makes a fly-by of the Planet Venus]

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