- 1600: Henry IV of France invaded Savoy after negotiations broke
                 down over Saluzzo, controlled by Savoy since 1588.
               - 1661: Holland sold Brazil to Portugal.
               - 1726: Russia became part of the Treaty of Vienna and put 30,000
                 troops at the disposal of its allies in return for support against
                 a possible war with the Ottoman Empire.
               - 1774: The founder of the Shaker Movement, Mother Ann Lee, arrived
                 in New York.
               - 1787: The Constitutional Convention began debating the articles
                 in Philadelphia.
               - 1806: The Holy Roman Empire ended when Francis II renounced the
                 crown and became Francis I, Emperor of Austria.
               - 1890: Convicted murderer William Kemmler became the first person
                 to die in an electric chair at Auburn Prison, New York. Denton True
                 "Cy" Young pitched his first major league baseball game.
               - 1896: The French parliament voted to annex Madagascar, Africa.
               - 1911: Lucille Ball, actress/comedienne, "I Love Lucy." was born.
               - 1914: In World War I Austria-Hungary declared war on Russia and
                 Serbia declared war on Germany.
               - 1917: Robert Mitchum, actor (The Story of G.I. Joe), was born.
               - 1918: In World War I the second battle of the Marne ended. It was
                 the last German attack on the Western Front.
               - 1926: U.S. swimmer Gertrude Ederle became the first woman to swim
                 the English Channel.
               - 1928: Andy Warhol, pop artist, was born.
               - 1962: Jamaica became independent after 300 years of British rule.
               - 1965: President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act,
                 guaranteeing voting rights for blacks.
               - 1979: Marcus Hooper, 12, became the youngest person to swim the
                 English Channel.
               - 1995: Thousands of people in Hiroshima, Japan, set glowing lanterns
                 afloat in rivers as a tribute on the 50th anniversary of the atomic
                 bombing.

               *Happy Birthday*
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               - Soliel Moon Frye, 22, actress, "Punky Brewster"
               - Geri Halliwell, 26(?), singer, ex-Spice Girls' Ginger Spice
               - Helen Hull Jacobs, 90, tennis great
               - David Robinson, 33, NBA center, San Antonio Spurs
               - Janice-Lee York Romary, 70, Olympic fencing great