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2003 Edward Teller, scientist/professor, The father of the H-bomb, dies at 95

1995 Tristan Jones, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, dies at 71

1991 "Penn and Teller - Refrigerator Tour" opens at Eugene O'Neill New York City

1974 Magicians Penn and Teller 1st meet

1955 Penn Jillette, born in Massachusetts, magician, Penn and Teller-Penn and Teller are Dead

1944 Jackie Torrence, story teller/artist

1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy)

1929 Tristan Jones, born in Liverpool, England, sailor, author, Welsh story teller, wrote about sailing in books and articles

1913 Jo Sinclair, born in Brooklyn, New York, pen name Jo Sinlair, writer, novelist, focused on race relations and the struggle of immigrant families, wrote Sing at My Wake, Anna Teller

1908 Edward Teller, born in Budapest, Hungary, fathered H-bomb, Manhattan Project

1893 Mario R de Morais Andrade, Brazilian writer/poet/story teller

1891 Paul de Keyser, Flemish story teller/philologist/folklorist

1871 Arvir A Afzelius, Swedish story teller, dies

1871 Alexander N Afanasjev, Russian story teller, dies at 45

1826 Alexander Aphanashev, Russian story teller, Narodnye roesskie skazki

1798 Thomas Crofton Croker, Irish story teller, Fairy legends

1792 Tsjalling Hiddes Halbertsma, Fries story teller, Rhymes and Tales

1786 Wilhelm Karl Grimm, Hanau Germany, story teller, Grimm's Fairy Tales

1785 Arvir A. Afzelius, Swedish story teller

1682 Giovanni Battista Piazzetta, Venice, painter, Fortune Teller


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