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1943George Washington Carver, famous black scientist, dies at 81
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1946 - Diane Keaton,,birthday
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1993 - Reggie Jackson elected to Hall of Fame
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1993 - Washington state executes Westley Allan Dodd by hanging (the first legal hanging in America since 1965)
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2007 - Momofuku Ando, inventor of instant noodles and cup noodles (b. 1910)