Young Abe (Abraham Lincoln) had to walk 9 miles each way to borrow books because his family lived so far from town.
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Hans Albert Einstein, the son of Albert Einstein, became a notable hydraulic engineer and professor at the University of California, Berkeley.
Abraham Lincoln’s beloved dog, Fido, was the first presidential pet to be photographed!
Helen Keller was born on June 27, 1880, in a small town called Tuscumbia, Alabama.
Barack Obama has won two Grammy Awards for Best Spoken Word Album for his audiobooks.