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#OTD in 1747, John Paul Jones was born in Arbigland, Scotland. #DYK that in the 1920s, Franklin D. Roosevelt tried to develop his own film about the "Father of the U.S. Navy"? His manuscript was rejected by the studios. A biopic with Robert Stack as JPJ was released in 1959.

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1:28 PM · Jul 6, 2024

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Last line of the video "I have not yet begun to fight"!