Louis XVI is guillotined, the first nuclear-powered submarine launches, the nation catches "Saturday Night Fever," and President Reagan's second inauguration heads indoors, all on this day.
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1738: Ethan Allen, the American Revolutionary War hero best known for the capture of Fort Ticonderoga early in the war (pictured, center) and as one of the founders of the state of Vermont, is born in Litchfield, Connecticut Colony.
Celebrity may seem like a young person's game, but there are many celebrity senior citizens still out there working, including Friday's birthday girl, 75-year-old Jane Fonda, who would beg to differ.