- 1500: Diego Diaz discovered Madagascar.
               - 1519: Magellan's five ships left to sail around the Earth.
               - 1675: The foundation stone of the Royal Observatory was laid at
                 Greenwich in south London by order of King Charles II, to improve
                 knowledge of the positions of stars and aid navigation.
               - 1792: King Louis XVI of France was arrested after a mob stormed
                 the Tuileries in Paris and massacred the Swiss Guard; the
                 monarchy was suspended.
               - 1821: Missouri was admitted to the Union as the 24th state.
               - 1831: Former slave Nat Turner led an uprising against slavery.
               - 1833: Chicago was incorporated as a village of 200.
               - 1846: The Smithsonian Institution was established in Washington
                 as a center for scientific research from funds left at the bequest
                 of British scientist James Smithson.
               - 1869: O.B. Brown patented the moving picture projector.
               - 1895: The first Promenade concert under conductor Henry Wood took
                 place at Queen's Hall in London.
               - 1904: The Russian Fleet took heavy losses when the Japanese fleet
                 blocked it as it was trying to escape from Port Arthur in the
                 battle of the Yellow Sea, part of the Russian-Japanese War.
               - 1921: Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio.
               - 1944: After three weeks of fighting, U.S. forces finally overran
                 Pati Point and recaptured Guam from the Japanese in World War II.
               - 1945: Japan said it would be willing to surrender to the Allies
                 after a second atomic bomb.
               - 1977: The U.S. and Panama signed the Panama Canal Zone accord.

               *Happy Birthday*
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               - Rosanna Arquette, 39, actress
               - Antonio Banderas, 38, actor, "The Mask of Zorro"
               - Riddick Bowe, 31, boxer
               - Eddie Fisher, 70, singer
               - Bobby Hatfield, 58, singer, The Righteous Brothers
               - William "Red" Holzman, 78, former NBA coach, 754 wins
               - Ronnie Spector, 55, singer/songwriter, the Ronettes