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Dante Alighiere, Italian poet ("The Divine Comedy"), born today in 1265 - you can also find him, expelled from Florence on Jan 27, in his tomb in Ravenna on June 24.
Gabriel Daniel Fahrenheit, the Prussian physicist who invented the mercury thermometer, and more importantly its mode of measuring, born today in 1686 (the other mode of measuring that has a name attached, Anders Celsius, can be found on Nov 27).
Thomas Gainsborough, English portrait painter ("The Blue Boy"), born today in 1727
And this, unboycotted, fully diversified within itself, sanctioned only in the sense of authorisation, consent, leave, permission, authority, warrant, licence, dispensation, assent, acquiescence, agreement, approval, seal/stamp of approval, approbation, recognition, endorsement, accreditation, confirmation, ratification, validation, blessing, imprimatur, clearance, acceptance, allowance, and, in this case, based on the legitimate vote of the United Nations, the State of Israel, formally proclaimed, today in 1948 - a mere one thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight years of waiting.
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