There was a time (in the UK at least) when the word station would only ever be taken to refer to a railway station. For some reason, nowadays people insist on referring to a station as a train station, as if there was any other sort of station.
Herman Melville (1819 - 1891) An American novelist, writer of short stories, and poet from the American Renaissance period. Most famous for his novel Moby Dick. Born in New York, NY (408). Esther Hobart Morris (1814 - 1902) The first female Justice of the Peace in the United States.
Early Life. Famed magician/entertainer Harry Houdini was born Erich Weisz on March 24, 1874, in Budapest, Hungary. One of seven children born to a Jewish rabbi and his wife, Erich moved with his family as a child to Appleton, Wisconsin, where he later claimed he was born. When he was 13, Erich moved with his father to New York City, taking on odd jobs and living in a boarding house before the rest of the family joined them.