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.
What famous people were born on June 17? Ralph Bellamy, King Charles XII, King Edward I, Thomas Hayden Church, Charles Coburn, Will Forte, Newt Gingrich, M.C. Escher, Greg Kinnear, Mark Linn-Baker, Joshua Leonard, Jo â¦ e Piscopo, Barry Manilow, Venus Williams, Igor Strvinsky.901 John van Druten, English playwright (I am a Camera). 1926 Marilyn Monroe (born Norma Jean Mortenson, later Norma Jean Baker), film actress and icon. 1932   Christopher Lasch, American social critic and writer.