George Washington is elected America's first president, the Symbionese Liberation Army kidnaps Patty Hearst, Fleetwood Mac releases "Rumours," and Facebook is launched, all on this day.
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1948: Rock singer-songwriter Alice Cooper, best known for his hit 1970s songs "I'm Eighteen" and "School's Out," is born Vincent Damon Furnier in Detroit, Mich.