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Died 1520: Raphael (artist)

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1887: Anne Sullivan made a breakthrough with blind/deaf student Helen Keller, by conveying the meaning of the word "water"

1841: John Tyler first US vice president to take over after a president died

1978: Woody Allen's film Annie Hall won four Academy Awards, including that for Best Picture

Died 1872: Samuel Morse (inventor)

Born 1852: Edwin Austin Abbey (illustrator)

Born 1835: John La Farge (painter)

1956: Woody Guthrie's song This Land is Your Land copyrighted