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Major Alan Shapley, survivor of the sinking of the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, had been relieved of duty on the Arizona the previous day, but had stayed aboard overnight before reporting to his next duty station. 
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| The Duchess of Marlborough egg is the only Fabergé egg to have been commissioned by an American. |
| Country-Western singer, songwriter and actor Jimmy Wakely had his own series of DC Comics comic books, billing him as "Hollywood's Sensational Cowboy Star!". |
| Aline was an ordinary woman who lived in 1st century AD Egypt, and whose name and portrait were preserved in her grave. |
| The National Assembly, Germany's legislature from 1919 to 1920, convened in Weimar to remind the World War I Allies of Germany's cultural history such as the Weimar residents Goethe and Schiller. |
| Lorraine Collett (pictured) was the original model for the girl featured on Sun-Maid raisin packaging. |
| Ebrulf left his position as a Merovingian courtier to become a hermit. |
| The California wine industry accounts for nearly 90% of all U.S. production and if California were a country it would be the world's fourth largest wine producer. |
| During the Samanid dynasty, commentary on Persian poetry took the form of either slander or excessive praise, that is sophistry or exaggeration of trivial errors in a rival's poetry. |
| The Smith Point Light at the mouth of the Potomac River was preceded by four other lighthouses and three lightships at the same site. |
| Princess Stéphanie of Monaco’s song "Ouragan" was a number one hit in France. |
| "I Am Your Gummy Bear", a silly novelty song whose video features a "jolly and jiggly" lime green cartoon gummi bear and a 30-second video clip in eight languages, is an internet meme. |
| Chase Austin was the first African American racecar driver to race in the NASCAR Busch Series. |
| John Pitre's 1965 visionary art painting, A New Dawn, which was valued at $1.7 million in 1997, was offered in trade for a £1 million house in London in 2004. |
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