"Huckleberry Finn" is first published, the first Nobel Prizes are awarded, the first transcontinental flight ends, Playboy debuts, and "Avatar" premieres in theaters, all on this day.
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1952: Actress Susan Dey, best known for her television roles as Laurie Partridge on "The Partridge Family" and lawyer Grace Van Owen on "L.A. Law," is born in Pekin, Ill.