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An English born imperialist, financier and statesman in South Africa.
An American Tennis Player who Founded the Davis Cup.
A French statesman and President from 1969 until his death in 1974.
An American Photographer and painter.
An American showman and circus entrepreneur who is best known for forming the Barnum and Bailey Circus.
Venezuela declares its independence from Spain under the leadership of Simon Bolivar and Francisco de Miranda.
French tennis player Suzanne Lenglen wins the Wimbledon women's singles title for the first time.
The National Health Service Act was adopted by the British government which establishes a national system of publicly funded medical services.
Nineteen-year-old Elvis Presley has his first recording session at Sun Records in Memphis, Tenn. The session produces Presley's rendition of Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup's "That's All Right."
The Cape Verde Islands gain their independence from Portugal.
He was born on 5th July 1810 in Connecticut. His first job was as a grocery store clerk. In 1831 he became editor of the Herald of Freedom, a weekly newspaper published in Danbury. His career in show business began, when he purchased Joice Heth, a black woman slave who was reputedly 161 years old and said to have been a nurse to the first United States president, Barnum bought Scudder's American Museum, in 1841, which he opened the following year as Barnum's American Museum. In 1971, P. T. Barnum's Grand Travelling Museum, Caravan, Menagerie and Circus opened in Brooklyn, New York, in 1871. For this show Barnum imported Jumbo, a male elephant purchased from the Royal Zoological Society of London. Barnum describe it as “The Greatest Show on Earth.” Barnum's books include The Humbugs of the World and Money Getting.
He died on April 7, 1891, Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States.
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