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On This Day March 11
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History Highlights
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1934 – Astronomer-author Carl Sagan (“Cosmos: A Personal Voyage”) (d. 1996)
1935 – Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Bob Gibson
1970 – Grammy-winning blues singer-songwriter Susan Tedeschi of Tedeschi Trucks Band
1972 – Actor Eric Dane, best known for playing Dr. Mark “McSteamy” Sloan on ABC’s “Grey’s Anatomy”
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1776 – United States of America
1872 – Calvin Coolidge, 30th U.S. president (d. 1933)
1911 – Musician-conductor-TV host Mitch Miller (d. 2010)
1918 – Advice columnist Ann Landers (d. 2002)
1920 – Businesswoman Leona Helmsley, nicknamed “Queen of Mean” (d. 2007)
1930 – Former New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner (d. 2010)
1943 – Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist-TV host Geraldo Rivera