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1979 Birthday - Summer Altice, born in Fountain Valley, California, fashion model, actress, 'Playboy' magazine Playmate, appeared in films, 'The Scorpion King', 'Grind'

1978 Death - Maggie McNamara, actress (3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal), dies at 49

1975 Birthday - Justin Huish, born in Fountain Valley, California, archer, Gold Medal 1996 Olympics

1968 Event - Evel Knievel fails in his attempt to jump Caesar's Palace Fountain

1967 Birthday - Chris Patton, Fountain Inn, South Carolina, Nike golfer, 1993 New Mexico Charity Classic

1967 Birthday - Carlos Briceno, born in Fountain Valley, California, beach volleyball, Bronze Medal 1992 Olympics

1950 Birthday - Ronnie McDowell, born in Fountain Head, Tennessee, country singer, King is Gone

1949 Birthday - Primous, III Fountain, composer

1949 Event - J Edgar Hoover gives Shirley Temple a tear gas fountain pen

1930 Birthday - Pete Fountain, born in New Orleans, jazz clarinetist, Lawrence Welk 1957-59

1928 Birthday - Maggie McNamara, born in New York City, actress, 3 Coins in a Fountain, Cardinal

1913 Birthday - Sammy Cahn, lyricist, 3 Coins in a Fountain

1910 Event - Luisa Tetrazzini sings to 250,000 people at Lotta's Fountain

1901 Death - U Benson, British Lt-colonel (Magers' fountain), killed in battle

1899 Event - Battle of Magers' fountain - Boer leader Cronje vs. General Methuen

1894 Birthday - Charles Morgan, England, writer, Fountain

1890 Event - W B Purvis patents fountain pen

1883 Event - Louis Waterman begins experiments to invents fountain pen

1875 Event - Lotta's Fountain (Kearny and Market) dedicated

1875 Birthday - Carl Milles, Uppsala Sweden, fountain sculptor, Wedding of Rivers

1870 Event - Soda fountain patented by Gustavus Dows

1843 Birthday - Benito Perez Galdos, Spain, novelist, Fountain of Gold, Nazaarin

1833 Event - Jacob Evert and George Dulty patent soda fountain

1833 Event - Patent granted for 1st soda fountain

1830 Event - D. Hyde patents fountain pen

1460 Birthday - Ponce de Leon, Spain, searched for fountain of youth, found Florida

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