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San Marino: independent country inside Italy — arguably the world's smallest and oldest republic — was founded (301)
Richard the Lion-Hearted: was crowned king of England after defeating his father, Henry II (1189)
Treaty of Paris: the US Revolutionary War came to an official end (1783)
Malcolm Campbell: English racer and journalist became the first person to drive an automobile over 300 mph, at Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah (1935)

Edward Filene (1860-1937)
Edward Filene (1860-1937): eponymous retailer and a developer of the "bargain basement"; merchant Mark Hopkins (1814-1878) shared this birth date
Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951)
Ferdinand Porsche (1875-1951): auto designer
Mort Walker (87)
Mort Walker (87): cartoonist, Beetle Bailey and Hi and Lois
Alison Lurie (84)
Alison Lurie (84): Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist, Foreign Affairs; also, writers Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) and Caryl Churchill (72)
Ruth Orkin (1921-1985)
Ruth Orkin (1921-1985): photographer and filmmaker
Charlie Sheen (45)
Charlie Sheen (45): actor, Two and a Half Men; other actors who celebrate a birthday today include Helen Wagner (1918-2010), Anne Jackson (84), Eileen Brennan (78), Pauline Collins (70), Valerie Perrine (67), Steve Schirripa (53), Costas Mandylor (45) and Nick Wechsler (32)
Shaun White (24)
Shaun White (24): skate- and snowboard gold medalist

"I believe in rules. Sure I do. If there weren't any rules, how could you break them?"
by Leo Durocher
"Tennis has to become everything to you if you're going to make it to the top. You have to live it."
by Monica Seles
"Hope is the only bee that makes honey without flowers."
by Robert Green Ingersoll
"Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace."
by Paul Theroux
"I had to stop driving my car for a while... the tires got dizzy."
by Steven Wright