- 1057: The King of Scotland, Macbeth, was slain by King Duncan's
son. Later the subject of a William Shakespeare drama.
- 1457: The earliest dated book, the "Mainz Psalter," was completed.
- 1620: The Mayflower left Southampton with 102 Pilgrims.
- 1635: The first recorded U.S. hurricane hit the Plymouth Colony.
- 1748: The Lutheran Church in the U.S. was established..
- 1824: Freed slaves from America formed the country of Liberia.
- 1848: M. Waldo Hanchett patented the dental chair.
- 1870: The Transcontinental Railway was completed in Colorado.
- 1906: The first freight tunnel system began operating in Chicago.
- 1911: Procter & Gamble unveiled its Crisco shortening.
- 1914: The Panama Canal opened.
- 1935: American humorist Will Rogers and aviator Wiley Post died in
an airplane crash in the Arctic.
- 1945: A riot ensued in San Francisco while the city was celebrating
the end of World War II; South Korea was liberated from Japanese
rule.
- 1947: Britain granted India and Pakistan independence.
- 1950: An earthquake in India killed 20,000 to 30,000.
- 1961: East Germany began building the Berlin Wall.
*Happy Birthday*
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- Ben Affleck, 26, actor, "Good Will Hunting," "Armageddon"
- Stephen Breyer, 60, Supreme Court justice
- Julia Child, 86, chef/author/TV hostess, The French Chef
- Mike Connors, 73, actor, "Mannix"
- Linda Ellerbee, 54, newscaster/journalist, "Weekend," "NBC
Overnight"
- Natasha Henstridge, 24, actress, "Species"
- Dame Wendy Hiller, 86, actress, "A Man for All Seasons"
- Princess Anne, 48, princess, Olympic athlete, horsewoman
- Rose Marie, 73, actress/comedienne, "The Dick Van Dyke Show"