What happened today, and who was born/died

BIRTHS
12/12/1805	Henry Wells, founded American Express Co. and Wells Fargo & Co.
12/12/1821	Gustave Flaubert, novelist, 'Madame Bovary'.
12/12/1852	Henri Becquerel, discoverer of radioactivity (Nobel 1903)
12/12/1915	Old Blue Eyes, Frank Sinatra. Notorious for bad manners.
EVENTS
12/12/	Geminid meteor shower, radiant in Gemini
12/12/	National Ding-a-ling Day
12/12/1787	Pennsylvania becomes the 2nd state
12/12/1871	Jules Janssen discovers dark lines in solar corona spectrum
12/12/1901	Marconi receives 1st trans-Atlantic radio signal: England to US.
12/12/1937	the first mobile TV unit, in New York.
12/12/1963	Kenya gains its independence from Britain (National Day).
12/12/1964	Russia launches Voshkod I, 1st multi-crew in space (3 men)

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