Events:
1968 - James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested.
Births:
1869 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect
1925 - Barbara Bush
Deaths:
1809 - Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense.
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1968 - James Earl Ray, the assassin of Martin Luther King, Jr. was arrested.
1869 - Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect
1925 - Barbara Bush
1809 - Thomas Paine, author of Common Sense.
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