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Oops, a day late:
On April 10, 1794, Commodore Matthew Perry (recipient of a boat from Millard Fillmore) was born.
ETA: FWIW, I’m done collecting my set of noteworthy dates. I have 275 distinct events, though they’re not all on distinct days of the year; for example, I have two events queued up for tomorrow. I’ll add them all to the wiki when I get a chance, and I’ll post them in this thread as the days come around.