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1963 Birthday - Bret Michaels, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, guitarist, Poison-Talk Dirty to Me

1953 Event - WTPennsylvania (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast

1953 Event - WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting

1951 Birthday - Gwen Cheeseman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, field hockey goalie, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics

1950 Birthday - Dan Hartman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, record producer, known for "I Can Dream About You"

1943 Birthday - Newt Gingrich, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Georgia 1979 - 1999, Speaker of House 1995 - 1997

1940 Birthday - Richard Sanders, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, actor, Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers

1937 Birthday - Cynthia Anzolut, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer

1930 Birthday - George Gekas, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1983 - 2003

1929 Event - WHP-AM in Harrisburg Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions

1921 Birthday - Nancy Kulp, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, actress, Miss Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies

1918 Birthday - Bobby Troup, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pianist/actor, Emergency, Acapulco

1918 Birthday - Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 4x100m runner 1948 Olympics gold

1864 Event - Battle of Smith's Expedition, Mississippi (Tupelo, Harrisburg)

1836 Event - Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa

1824 Event - Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson

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