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| On her way to Peyton Place, Hope Lange was seen wearing a Radio Hat (pictured). |
| The Palacio de Cultura Banamex in Mexico City was the site where Agustín de Iturbide accepted the offer to become Mexico's first emperor after the war of independence from Spain. |
| Johns Hopkins and Maryland, which compete in what has often been called the greatest rivalry in men's college lacrosse, actually first played football three years earlier in 1892. |
| The Welsh priest Wallis Thomas led church services long after his 90th birthday and was described as the oldest working priest in Britain. |
| Most of the U.S. Navy's Amphitrite class monitors, hastily ordered in the wake of the Virginius war scare with Spain, were not ready for service for another 20 years. |
| Knut Østby, a 1948 Olympic silver medallist in sprint canoeing, competed at the 1953 World Championships in whitewater slalom despite no whitewater experience. |
| There are two Smithsonian Museums in New York City. |
| Australian flying ace Raymond Brownell was awarded the Military Cross for shooting down six enemy aircraft over a three month period in the First World War. |
| Old Southeast Church (pictured), north of Brewster, New York, is the oldest house of worship in Putnam County. |
| places of worship in Bangalore include over 1,000 temples, 400 mosques, 100 churches, 40 Jain mandirs, three Gurudwaras, two Buddha Viharas and one Parsi Agiari in a metropolitan area of 741 km2 (286 sq mi). |
| Oregon attorney Parish L. Willis was sued for fraud over his investment in the Hot Lake Sanatorium Company, now listed as a historic place. |
| The Hausstock is part of the nummulite formation of the high Glarus Alps and was a popular European mountaineering destination before becoming a ski resort and firing range. |
| operatic soprano Dawn Kotoski won the Young Concert Artists International Auditions in 1990. |
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