- 1100: William the Conqueror's son, King William II of England,
                  was killed while hunting.
                - 1589: France's Henry III was assassinated.
                - 1610: Henry Hudson entered the bay that was later named after him,
                  the Hudson Bay.
                - 1776: Most members of the 55-strong Continental Congress began
                  signing the Declaration of Independence.
                - 1782: George Washington created the Honorary Badge of Distinction.
                - 1858: The first mailboxes were installed along Boston and New York
                  City streets.
                - 1876: "Wild Bill" Hickok was shot and killed as he played cards
                  in a Deadwood, S.D. saloon.
                - 1887: Rowell Hodge patented barbed wire.
                - 1892: Charles A. Wheeler patented a prototype of the escalator.
                - 1934: Adolf Hitler declared himself Fuhrer (leader) of Germany.
                - 1939: President Roosevelt signed the Hatch Act, forbidding civil
                  service employees from participating in political campaigns.
                - 1943: Lt. John F. Kennedy's PT-109 torpedo boat was sunk by a
                  Japanese destroyer. Kennedy saved at least one crew member and was
                  named a World War II hero.
                - 1964: The North Vietnamese attacked an American destroyer in the
                  Gulf of Tonkin.
                - 1990: Iraq invaded Kuwait and the U.N. Security Council demanded
                  it withdraw.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Joanna Cassidy, 54, actress
                - Wes Craven, 59, director, "Nightmare on Elm Street," "Scream"
                - Edward Furlong, 21, actor, "Terminator 2"
                - Lance Ito, 48, judge of first O.J. Simpson trial
                - Victoria Jackson, 39, actress/comedianne, "Saturday Night Live"
                - Carroll O'Connor, 74, actor, "All in the Family"
                - Peter O'Toole, 66, actor, "The Last Emperor," "Lawrence of Arabia"
                - Mary-Louise Parker, 34, actress, "Fried Green Tomatoes"
                - Butch Patrick, 45, actor, "The Munsters' Eddie Munster
                - Kevin Smith, 28, director, "Chasing Amy," "Mallrats," "Clerks"