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1992 Death - Dewey Balfa, bayou fiddler, dies at 65

1971 Death - Thomas E Dewey, U.S. president candidate (R 1944, 48), dies at 68

1965 Birthday - Mark Dewey, Grand Rapids, Michigan, pitcher for the San Francisco Giants

1965 Birthday - Mark Dewey, U.S. baseball player, Pittsburgh Pirates

1958 Event - 1st guided missile destroyer launched, Dewey, Bath, Me

1952 Death - John Dewey, U.S. philosopher (Common Faith), dies at 92

1952 Birthday - Dewey Bunell, born in Yorkshire, England, rock guitarist, America-Daisy Jane

1948 Event - Chicago Tribune reports: "Dewey beats Truman"

1948 Event - Truman beats Dewey, confounding pollsters and newspapers

1948 Event - President Truman re-elected in an upset over Republican Thomas Dewey

1948 Event - Republican National Convention in Philadelphia nominates New York Governor Thomas Dewey

1944 Event - Franklin D. Roosevelt wins 4th term in office, defeating Thomas E Dewey (R)

1942 Birthday - Dewey Martin, born in Canada, rock vocalist and drummer, Buffalo Springfield

1931 Death - Melvil Dewey, American Inventor

1931 Birthday - Dewey Redman, jazz musician

1899 Event - George Dewey becomes 1st in U.S. with rank of Admiral of the Navy

1898 Event - U.S. forces under George Dewey captures Manila during Spanish-Amer war

1898 Event - U.S. battle fleet under Admiral Dewey occupies Isla Grande at Manila

1898 Event - U.S. fleet under commodore Dewey sails from Hong Kong to Philippines

1897 Event - John Dewey's essay "My Pedagogic Creed" appears in School Journal

1859 Birthday - John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer, Learn by doing

1851 Birthday - Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries

1851 Birthday - Melvil Dewey, American Inventor

1837 Birthday - Admiral George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila













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