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1996 Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86

1993 Jury reaches guilty verdict in Federal case against cop who beat Rodney King, but the verdict is not read until April 17th

1970 Cari Read, born in Edmonton, Alberta, synchro swimmer, 1996 Olympics silver

1968 Apollo 8 astronauts read passages from Book of Genesis

1962 Amy Read, Birmingham, Michigan, golfer, 1994 Healthsouth Palm Beach-15th

1931 Norman Read, New Zealand, 50K walker 1956 Olympics gold

1919 NC-4 aircraft commanded by AC Read completes 1st crossing of Atlantic

1919 Richard Mason, born near Manchester, England, author, learned Japanese in World War II, interrogated prisoners of war, wrote 'The Wind Cannot Read', 'The Fever Tree', 'The World of Suzie Wong'

1918 John Read, CEO, TSB Group

1913 Gardner Read, Evanston, Illinois, composer

1910 Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker

1891 Norman "Squab" Read, U.S. aviator who lived to be 101

1862 General Read army pulls out of Antietam Creek Virginia

1836 Daniel Read, composer, dies at 79

1826 Johann Peter Hebel, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect, dies in Schwetzingen, Germany, at age 66

1821 William Read Scurry, Confederate Army Brigadier General

1804 Samuel Read Anderson, Brigadier General Confederate Army

1798 George Read, U.S. judge/signer Declaration of Independence, dies at 65

1776 Declaration of Independence is read to George Washington's troops, New York

1760 Johann Peter Hebel, born in Basel, Switzerland, writer, teacher, most widely read German poet, author, wrote in Alemanic dialect

1757 Daniel Read, composer

1733 George Read, U.S. judge/signer, Declaration of Independence

1730 Benjamin Franklin marries Miss Read

1687 King James II orders his declaration of indulgence read in church

1135 Henry I Beauclerc, king of England (1st king that could read), dies


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