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| On this day in history .. |
- 1780 - Britain declares war against Holland
- 1789 - NJ became 1st state to ratify Bill of Rights.
- 1888 - William Bundy invents 1st timecard clock
- 1894 - US intervenes in Bluefields Nicaragua
- 1910 - Revolution broke out in Mexico led by Francisco I. Madero.
- 1914 - US State Department starts requiring photographs for passports
- 1931 - Commercial teletype service began
- 1942 - NHL abolishes regular season overtime
- 1943 - American forces land on Tarawa & Makin Atoll in the Gilbert Is.
- 1945 - 24 Nazi leaders put on trial at Nuremberg Germany.
- 1947 - Meet the Press makes network TV debut on NBC.
- 1947 - UN General assembly looks into printing their own stamps
- 1947 - Britain's Princess Elizabeth marries Duke Philip Mountbatten
- 1953 - 1st airplane to exceed 1300 mph - Scott Crossfield
- 1967 - At 11 AM Census Clock at Dept of Commerce ticks past 200 million.
- 1975 - Spain's Gen. Francisco Franco dies in Madrid at 82
- 1977 - Walter Payton of Bears rushes for NFL-record 275 yards
- 1977 - Egyptian Pres Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israel Knesset
- 1980 - Steve Ptacek in Solar Challenger makes 1st solar-powered flight
- 1980 - Billy Martin named AL Manager of the Year (Oakland A's)
- 1980 - UA withdraws $44 million movie `Heaven's Gate' for reediting.
- 1981 - Anatoly Karpov USSR retains world chess championship
- 1983 - 100 million watch ABC-TV movie `The Day After'
- 1985 - Yankee Don Mattingly named AL MVP
- 1986 - UN's WHO announces 1st global effort to combat AIDS
| Famous birthdays for this day .. |
- 1602 - Otto von Guericke, invented air pump
- 1620 - Peregrine White, son of William & Susanna White born aboard Mayflower
- 1726 - Oliver Wolcott, governor of Conn. signer of Declaration of Indep
- 1781 - Andres Bello, Venezuelan diplomat author humanist
- 1841 - Sir Wilfrid Laurier, (L) 7th Canadian prime minister (1896-1911)
- 1858 - Selma Lagerl”f, Swedish novelist (Tales of a Manor) (Nobel 1909)
- 1866 - Kenesaw Mountain Landis, judge 1st commissioner of baseball
- 1886 - Karl von Frisch, zoologist bee expert (Nobel 1973)
- 1889 - Edwin Hubble, US astronomer discoverer of galaxies red shift
- 1900 - Chester Gould, cartoonist (gave Dick Tracy a job)
- 1908 - Alistair Cooke, raconteur (Masterpiece Theatre)
- 1914 - Emilio Pucci, fashion designer
- 1916 - Robert A. Bruce, pioneer in exercise cardiology
- 1916 - Judy Canova, in Fla
- 1917 - Robert Byrd, (D-Sen-WV) majority leader
- 1919 - Evelyn Keyes, actress
- 1920 - Gene Tierney, actress (Laura Razor's Edge)
- 1921 - Phyllis Thaxter, in Portland Maine
- 1923 - Nadine Gordimer, South African writer (Lying Days)
- 1925 - Maya Plisetkaya, prima ballerina
- 1925 - Robert Kennedy, in Brookline Mass (D-Sen-NY) AG; assassinated
- 1926 - Kaye Ballard, in Ohio Actress-comedian
- 1927 - Estelle Parsons, actress (Rachel Rachel Bonnie and Clyde)
- 1932 - Richard Dawson, (Family Feud Hogan's Heroes)
- 1939 - Dick Smothers, comedian
- 1942 - Joseph R. Biden Jr., (D-Sen-Del)
- 1943 - Veronica Hamill, Phila (Hill Street Blues)
- 1946 - Judy Woodruff, newscaster
- 1949 - Ahmad Rashad, NFL wide receiver (Minnesota) sportscaster
- 1956 - Bo Derek, Long Beach Cal (10 Tarzan Ape Man)
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