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Today In HistoryHere is what happened on Sunday - February 5th... It is day 36 of the year 2012, and there are 330 days left... Famous People Born On This Day In History... | 1840, | John Boyd Dunlop, developed the pneumatic rubber tire.
Today, this person is/would be 172 years old.
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| 1878, | Andre-Gustave Citroen, French auto maker.
Today, this person is/would be 134 years old.
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| 1919, | Red Buttons, vaudeville comedian.
Today, this person is/would be 93 years old.
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| 1934, | Hank Aaron, baseball legend.
Today, this person is/would be 78 years old.
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Events On This Day In History... | 1825, | Hannah Lord Montague of New York grabs her scissors and creates the first detachable collar on one of her husband's shirts, in order to reduce her laundry load.
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| 1887, | Snow falls on San Francisco.
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| 1952, | New York becomes first city to adopt 3 color traffic lights.
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