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Friday, January 27, 2012 http://www.facebook.com/pages/African-American-Registry/49064903350 * Mon, 1766-01-27 Pierre Toussaint, businessman and philanthropist http://www.aaregistry.org/historic_events/view/pierre-toussaint-businessman-and-philanthropist *Pierre Toussaint was born on this date in 1766. He was Haitian immigrant to America, businessman and philanthropist. Toussaint was born...

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