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Baltimore: port town and industrial center was founded (1729)

"La Marseillaise": the French national anthem was first sung in Paris (1792)

In God We Trust: became the official motto of the US (1956)

Kim Philby: the Soviet news service announced that the British intelligence officer and double agent had defected to the USSR (1963)

Medicare: insurance program for senior citizens was signed into US law (1965)

Jimmy Hoffa: the former Teamsters president disappeared in suburban Detroit; he has never been found, but he is presumed dead (1975)

Sarbanes-Oxley Act: "Corporate Responsibility Act" — that tightened control of financial reporting and reduced the potential for fraud — was signed into law by President George Bush (2002)

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Emily Brontë (1818-1848): the author of Wuthering Heights

Thorstein Veblen (1857-1929): political economist who wrote The Theory of the Leisure Class

Henry Ford (1863-1947): inventor who popularized mass production with the Ford Motor Company

Casey Stengel (1890-1975): manager of the NY Yankees who led them to five straight championships

Henry Moore (1898-1986): sculptor of reclining figures

Arnold Schwarzenegger (63): action-movie star who became governor of California

Simon Baker (41): The Mentalist, Patrick Jane; also, actors Jean Reno (62), Ken Olin (56), Delta Burke (54), Laurence Fishburne (49), Lisa Kudrow (47), Vivica A. Fox (46), Terry Crews (42), Hilary Swank (36), Jaime Pressley (33) and Yvonne Strahovski (28)

the author of Wuthering Heights

political economist who coined the phrase "conspicuous consumption" in his The Theory of the Leisure Class

inventor who popularized mass production with the Ford Motor Company

manager of the NY Yankees who led them to five straight championships

sculptor of reclining figures

action-movie star who became governor of California

The Mentalist, Patrick Jane; also, actors Jean Reno (62), Ken Olin (56), Delta Burke (54), Laurence Fishburne (49), Lisa Kudrow (47), Vivica A. Fox (46), Terry Crews (42), Hilary Swank (36), Jaime Pressley (33) and Yvonne Strahovski (28)

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