TODAY'S HISTORY
1777
General George Washington defeats the British led by British
General Lord Charles Cornwallis, at Princeton, New Jersey.
1861
Delaware rejects a proposal that it join the South in
seceding from the Union.
1903
The Bulgarian government renounces the Treaty of Commerce
tying it to the Austro-Hungarian empire.
1910
The Social Democratic Congress in Germany demands universal
suffrage.
1920
The last of the U.S. troops depart France.
1921
Italy halts the issuing of passports to those emigrating to
the United States.
1930
The second conference on Germany's war reparations begins at
the Hague, in the Netherlands.
1931
Hundreds of farmers storm a small town in depression-plagued
Arkansas demanding food.
1933
The Japanese take Shuangyashan, China, killing 500 Chinese.
1946
President Harry S. Truman calls on Americans to spur
Congress to act on the on-going labor crisis.
1958
The British create the West Indies Federation with Lord
Hailes as governor general.
1959
Alaska is admitted into the Union as the 49th and largest
state.
1959
Fidel Castro takes command of the Cuban army.
1961
The United States breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1977
Apple Computers incorporates.
1978
North Vietnamese troops reportedly occupy 400 square miles
in Cambodia. North Vietnamese Army (NVA) troops were using Laos and Cambodia as
staging areas for attacks against allied forces.
1985
President Ronald Reagan condemns a rash of arson attacks on
abortion clinics.
1993
George H. W. Bush and Boris Yeltsin sign the second
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START).
1994
More than 7 million people receive South African citizenship
that had previously been denied under Apartheid policies.
1999
Mars Polar Lander launched.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS
1621
William Tucker, believed to be first African-American born
in the New World.
1793
Lucretia Coffin Mott, women's rights advocate and founder of
the first Women's Rights Convention.
1901
Ngo Dinh Diem, South Vietnamese president assassinated by
his own generals.
1907
Ray Milland, Welsh actor and director; won Academy Award for
his role in The Lost Weekend.
1911
John Sturges, director (The Magnificent Seven, The Great
Escape).
1917
Vernon A. Walters, US Army lieutenant general, diplomat,
deputy director of Central Intelligence; member of Military Intelligence Hall
of Fame.
1923
Bud Adams, owner of Houston Oilers (later Tennessee Titans)
football team; instrumental in founding the former American Football League.
1929
Sergio Leone, Italian director, instrumental in creating the
"Spaghetti Western" genre (A Fistful of Dollars, The Good, the Bad
and the Ugly).
1956
Mel Gibson, actor, director, producer, screenwriter (Mad
Max, Passion of the Christ).
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