A Dictionary of Dates
- ISBN-10
- 0192852744
- ISBN-13
- 9780192852748
- Category
- Anniversaries
- Pages
- 305
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1993
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Author
- Cyril Leslie Beeching
Description
Which US Presidents were born on the Fourth of July? When did Alexander Graham Bell make the first telephone call? Catherine the Great, Bing Crosby, and Dr. Spock were all born on what day of the year? This entertaining list of important anniversaries for each day of the year reveals remarkable coincidences.
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