TODAY’S HISTORY
1759
1st American life insurance company incorporated,
Philadelphia
1790
Statisten & Vonckisten unite as Belgium
1838
1st public demonstration of telegraph message sent using
dots & dashes at Speedwell Ironworks, Morristown, New Jersey by Samuel
Morse and Alfred Vail
1849
Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in US to earn medical
degree
1892
William D McCoy of Indiana appointed US minister to Liberia
1893
Jaap Eden skates world record 1500m (2:35)
1924
A republic is proclaimed in Greece; King George II is
deposed and Eleutherios Venizelo is named Prime Minister of the Greek National
Assembly
1938
Frances Moulton elected 1st woman president of a US national
bank
1940
Sergei Prokofiev's ballet "Romeo & Juliet"
premieres in Leningrad
1957
Mass-murderer Jack Gilbert Graham is executed via the Gas
Chamber
1960
Lamar Clark sets pro boxing record of 44 consecutive
knockouts
1972
East-Pakistan becomes independent state of Bangladesh
1972
Abu Sayeed Chudhury becomes President of Bangladesh
1989
140 nations agree to ban chemical weapons (poison gas, etc)
1991
Congress empowers Bush to order attack on Iraq
1996
Space Shuttle STS 72 (Endeavour 10), launches into space
1997
Telstar 401 Satellite Fails
2013
46 people are killed and 12 are missing after a landslide
buries a village in the Yunnan province, China
2013
29 people are killed and 12 are injured after a bus veers
off a mountain road in Doti, Nepal
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
1755
Alexander Hamilton, US Founding Father and 1st United States
Secretary of the Treasury (1789-95), born in Charlestown, Nevis, West Indies
(d. 1804)
1815
John A. Macdonald, First Prime Minister of Canada (1867-1873
and 1878-1891), born in Glasgow, Scotland
1860
Marie Bashkirtseff, Russian/French painter/author (Journal)
1896
Eva Le Gallienne, English-American actress and director
(Resurrection), born in London, England (d. 1991)
1901
Kwon Ki-ok, Korean pilot (d. 1988)
1915
Robert Blair Mayne, British soldier, co-founder Special Air
Service (d. 1955)
1921
Gory Guerrero, professional wrestler (d. 1990)
1934
Jean Chretien, Shawinigan Quebec, 20th Prime Minister of
Canada (1993-2003)
1943
William Albert Penn, composer
1944
Mohammed Abed Elhai, Sudanese writer
1946
John Piper, American theologian
1948
Madeline Manning-Jackson-Mimms, US 800m runner (Oly-gold-1968)
1965
Olivia Barash, actress (Laura-Out of the Blue), born in
Miami, Florida
1969
Dave Cruikshank, Northbrook Ill, speed skater
(Olympics-1994)
1971
Stephen Smith, high jumper, born in Indianapolis, Indiana
1973
Rahul Dravid, Indian cricketer
1977
Nadia Turner, American singer
1982
Son Ye-jin, South Korean actress
1993
Flora Cross, American actress
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