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1994 Susan Smith who claimed her 2 kids were carjacked arrested for murder

1994 Roland Ratzenberger, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival, dies while qualifying for San Marino Prix, in 1994

1969 Harry Emerson Fosdick, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible', died in Bronxville, New York

1960 Roland Ratzenberger, Salzburg, Austria, race car driver, claimed 1962 as birth year to appear younger and extend racing career, won 1986 Brands Hatch Formula Ford Festival

1959 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, dies at 117

1948 "Pumpkin Papers" come to light (claimed to be from Alger Hiss)

1906 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile

1878 Harry Emerson Fosdick, born in Buffalo, New York, Baptist clergyman, studied at Colgate University, opposed racism, injustice, supported appeasement of Hitler, claimed democracies caused the rise of fascism, wrote "A Guide to Understanding the Bible'

1865 Frederick A. Cook, U.S., explorer, claimed falsely to be at North Pole

1863 1st homestead under the Homestead Act claimed, near Beatrice, Nebr

1859 Gustave Kahn, France, poet, claimed to have invented vers libre

1842 Walter Williams, claimed to be last survivor of Civil War, d 1959

1513 Explorer Juan Ponce de Leon claimed Florida for Spain

1513 Florida discovered, claimed for Spain by Ponce de Leon


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