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1986 Kate Wolf, folksinger (Back Roads), dies of leukemia at 44

1976 Adrian Roland Holst, poet (Past the Roads), dies at 88

1954 David Keith, born in Knoxville, Tennessee, actor, Back Roads, Firestarter

1943 John Paul Hammond, New York City, blues singer, So Many Roads

1922 Airship Rome explodes at Hampton Roads Virginia; 34 die

1918 Bert Schierbeek, Lambertus, Dutch writer/poet, Cross Roads

1916 1st federal grant-in-aid for state roads enacted

1910 John Hammond Sr, New York City, rock/jazz producer, I Can Tell, So Many Roads

1888 Robert Moses, power broker, built Long Island and New York City parks and roads

1865 Battle of Boydton, Virginia (White Oaks Roads, Dinwiddie C H)

1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse

1862 Skirmish at Parker Cross Roads, Tennessee

1862 "Monitor" (Union) and "Merrimack" (Rebel) battle in Hampton Roads

1862 Naval Engagement at Hampton Roads, Virginia CSS Virginia, Jamestown and Yorktown vs USS Cumberland, Congress and Monitor


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