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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1940: Film director and producer George A. Romero, best known for his series zombie apocalypse movies, including the landmark 1968 film "Night of the Living Dead," is born in New York City.