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Jane A. Delano
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Born this day in 1862, American nurse Jane A. Delano was instrumental in the mobilization of upward of 20,000 nurses, as well as a great number of nurses’ aides and other workers, for overseas duty during World War I.

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Woody Hayes
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Le Nôtre, André
March 12, 1613 — September 15, 1700
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Kirchhoff, Gustav
March 12, 1824 — October 17, 1887
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