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On this day for the United States
Events
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1800 – Via the
Third Treaty of San Ildefonso, Spain cedes Louisiana to France, which would
sell the land to the United States thirty months later.
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1832 –
Texian political delegates
convene at
San Felipe de Austin to petition for changes in the governance of
Mexican Texas.
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1854 – The watch company founded in
1850 in Roxbury by
Aaron Lufkin Dennison relocates to
Waltham, Massachusetts, to become the
Waltham Watch Company, a pioneer in the
American system of watch manufacturing.
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1880 –
John Philip Sousa becomes leader of the
United States Marine Band.
- 1880 – First electric lamp factory is opened by
Thomas Edison.
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1890 –
Yosemite National Park is established by the U.S. Congress.
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1903 –
Baseball: The
Boston Americans play the
Pittsburgh Pirates in the first game of the modern
World Series.
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1908 –
Ford Model T automobiles are offered for sale at a price of US$825.
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1910 – A
large bomb destroys the Los Angeles Times building, killing 21.
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1928 –
Newark Liberty International Airport opens up being the first airport in the
New York City metro area.
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1931 – The
George Washington Bridge in the United States, linking
New Jersey and New York, is opened.
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1940 – The
Pennsylvania Turnpike, often considered the first superhighway in the United States, opens to traffic.*
1947 – The
North American F-86 Sabre flies for the first time.
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1953 – A
Mutual Defense Treaty Between the United States and the Republic of Korea is concluded in Washington, D.C.
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1957 – First appearance of
In God We Trust on U.S. paper currency.
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1958 – The
National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics is replaced by NASA.
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1961 – The United States
Defense Intelligence Agency is formed, becoming the country's first centralized military intelligence organization.*
1964 – The
Free Speech Movement is launched on the campus of the University of California, Berkeley.*
1971 –
Walt Disney World opens near Orlando, Florida.
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1982 –
EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow) opens at Walt Disney World in Florida.
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1994 –
Palau enters a Compact of Free Association with the United States.
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2017 – Fifty-eight people are killed and 869 others injured in
a mass shooting at
a country music festival at the
Las Vegas Strip in the United States; the gunman,
Stephen Paddock, later commits suicide.
Births
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1712 –
William Shippen, American physician and politician (d. 1801)
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1881 –
William Boeing, American engineer and businessman who founded the
Boeing Company (d. 1956)
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1893 –
Cliff Friend, American pianist and songwriter (d. 1974)
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1896 –
Ted Healy, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1937)
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1899 –
Ernest Haycox, American author (d. 1950)
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1909 –
Sam Yorty, American captain, politician, and 37th
Mayor of Los Angeles (d. 1998)
- 1913 –
Harry Lookofsky, American violinist and producer (d. 1998)
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1914 –
Daniel J. Boorstin, American historian, lawyer, author, and 12th
Librarian of Congress (d. 2004)
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1915 –
Jerome Bruner, American psychologist and author (d. 2016)
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1919 –
Bob Boyd, American baseball player (d. 2004)
- 1920 –
Walter Matthau, American actor (d. 2000)
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1921 –
James Whitmore, American actor (d. 2009)
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1924 –
Jimmy Carter, American naval
lieutenant, politician, 39th
President of the United States, and
Nobel Prize laureate
- 1924 –
Bob Geigel, American wrestler and promoter (d. 2014)
- 1924 –
William Rehnquist, American lawyer and jurist, 16th
Chief Justice of the United States (d. 2005)
- 1924 –
Roger Williams, American pianist (d. 2011)
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1927 –
Tom Bosley, American actor (d. 2010)
- 1927 –
Sherman Glenn Finesilver, American lawyer and judge (d. 2006)
- 1929 –
Grady Chapman, American singer (d. 2011)
- 1929 –
Bonnie Owens, American singer-songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1931 –
Alan Wagner, American radio host and critic (d. 2007)
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1932 –
Albert Collins, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 1993)
- 1935 –
Walter De Maria, American sculptor and drummer (d. 2013)
- 1938 –
Mary McFadden, American fashion designer
- 1938 –
Stella Stevens, American actress and director
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1939 –
George Archer, American golfer (d. 2005)
- 1940 –
Marc Savoy, American accordion player, created the
Cajun accordion
- 1940 –
Phyllis Chesler, American feminist psychologist, who wrote Women and Madness (1972)
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1942 –
Herb Fame, American R&B singer
- 1943 –
Jerry Martini, American saxophonist
- 1943 –
Robert Slater, American author and journalist (d. 2014)
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1945 –
Rod Carew, Panamanian-American baseball player and coach
- 1945 –
Donny Hathaway, American singer-songwriter, pianist, and producer (d. 1979)
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1947 –
Dave Arneson, American game designer, co-created
Dungeons & Dragons (d. 2009)
- 1947 –
Stephen Collins, American actor and director
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1948 –
Cub Koda, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2000)
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1949 –
Isaac Bonewits, American singer-songwriter, liturgist, and author (d. 2010)
- 1950 –
Mark Helias, American bassist and composer
- 1950 –
Randy Quaid, American actor
- 1952 –
Bob Myrick, American baseball player (d. 2012)
- 1952 –
Earl Slick, American rock guitarist and songwriter
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1953 –
Pete Falcone, American baseball player
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1955 –
Howard Hewett, American R&B singer-songwriter
- 1955 –
Jeff Reardon, American baseball player
- 1959 –
Brian P. Cleary, American author and poet
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1960 –
Joshua Wurman, American scientist,
Doppler on Wheels inventor, and storm chaser
- 1961 –
Rico Constantino, American wrestler and manager
- 1962 –
Esai Morales, American actor
- 1963 –
Mark McGwire, American baseball player and coach
- 1964 –
Christopher Titus, American actor, producer, and screenwriter
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1967 –
Mike Pringle, American-Canadian football player
- 1967 –
Scott Young, American ice hockey player and coach
- 1968 –
Kevin Griffin, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer
- 1968 –
Jon Guenther, American author and engineer
- 1968 –
Jay Underwood, American actor and pastor
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1969 –
Zach Galifianakis, American actor, comedian, producer, and screenwriter
- 1969 –
Joseph Patrick Moore, American musician, composer, and producer
- 1969 –
Ori Kaplan, Israeli-American saxophonist and producer
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1973 –
Christian Borle, American actor and singer
- 1973 –
John Mackey, American composer
- 1973 –
John Thomson, American baseball player and coach
- 1976 –
Antonio Roybal, American painter and sculptor
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1978 –
Nicole Atkins, American singer-songwriter
- 1978 –
Leticia Cline, American model and journalist
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1979 –
Curtis Axel, American wrestler
- 1979 –
Rudi Johnson, American football player
- 1979 –
Ryan Pontbriand, American football player
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1980 –
Sarah Drew, American actress*
1984 –
Matt Cain, American baseball player
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1995 –
Lauren Hill, American basketball player (d. 2015)
Deaths
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1837 –
Robert Clark, American politician (b. 1777)
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1864 –
Rose O'Neal Greenhow, American spy (b. 1817)
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1885 –
John Light Atlee, American physician and surgeon (b. 1799)
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1895 –
Eli Whitney Blake, Jr., American chemist, physicist, and academic (b. 1836)
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1953 –
John Marin, American painter (b. 1870)
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1955 –
Charles Christie, American film producer who founded
Christie Film Company (b. 1880)
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1961 –
Ludwig Bemelmans, Italian-American author and illustrator (b. 1898)
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1975 –
Al Jackson, Jr., American drummer, songwriter, and producer (b. 1935)
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1984 –
Walter Alston, American baseball player and manager (b. 1911)
- 1985 –
E. B. White, American essayist and journalist (b. 1899)
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1986 –
Archie League, American air traffic controller (b. 1907)
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1990 –
Curtis LeMay, American general (b. 1906)
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1997 –
Jerome H. Lemelson, American engineer and philanthropist (b. 1923)
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2002 –
Walter Annenberg, American publisher, diplomat, and
United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom (b. 1908)
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2004 –
Richard Avedon, American photographer (b. 1923)
- 2006 –
Jerald Tanner, American author and activist (b. 1938)
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2008 –
John Biddle, American cinematographer (b. 1925)
- 2012 –
Mark R. Kravitz, American lawyer and judge (b. 1950)
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2013 –
Arnold Burns, American lawyer, politician, and 21st
United States Deputy Attorney General (b. 1930)
- 2013 –
Tom Clancy, American author (b. 1947)
- 2013 –
Jim Rountree, American football player and coach (b. 1936)
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2014 –
José Martínez, Cuban-American baseball player and coach (b. 1942)
- 2015 –
Don Edwards, American soldier, lawyer, and politician (b. 1915)
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2017 –
Dave Strader, American sportscaster