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Today in 1789 bourbon whiskey was first distilled by Reverend Elijah Craig in Bourbon County, KY.
1793 The Louvre, in Paris, was opened to the public.
Today's Birthdays
1656 Edmond Halley, astronomer, first to calculate a comet's orbit.
1909 Katherine Hepburn, actress.
