FAMOUS PEOPLE BORN TODAY

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1743 Joseph Banks, English botanist and naturalist who accompanied James Cook on board the Endeavour, born in London (d. 1820)

1885 Bess Truman, US First Lady (1945-52), born in Independence, Missouri (d. 1982)

1910 William Shockley, American physicist who helped invent the transistor (1956 Nobel), who was also known for his racist eugenics views, born in London, England (d. 1989)

1944 Jerry Springer, English-born US talk show host (Jerry Springer Show), born in London, England

1974 Robbie Williams, English singer (Take That, Feel, She's the One), born in Stoke-on-Trent, England

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