- 1768: The first edition of Encyclopaedia Brittanica was published
                 in Scotland.
               - 1790: Congress moved from New York to Philadelphia.
               - 1821: Beethoven finished his piano sonata, Opus 109.
               - 1847: Abraham Lincoln became a member of the House of
                 Representatives.
               - 1849: Harriet Tubman escaped from slavery in Maryland.
               - 1865: The 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified,
                 abolishing slavery.
               - 1870: Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina became the first black in
                 the House of Representatives
               - 1873: The first international football game occurred in the United
                 State, between Yale and Eton.
               - 1884: Army engineers completed construction of the Washington
                 Monument, 36 years after work began.
               - 1902: Martha Washington became the first U.S. woman to have her
                 likeness appear on a U.S. stamp.
               - 1912: China voted for universal human rights.
               - 1917: Finland declared its independence from Russia.
               - 1923: A presidential address was broadcast on radio for the first
                 time as President Calvin Coolidge spoke to a joint session of
                 Congress.
               - 1924: The U.S. Border Patrol was organized.
               - 1935: "A Night at the Opera," starring the Marx Brothers, opened at
                 the Capitol.
               - 1945: The microwave oven was patented.
               - 1955: N.Y. psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers won the top prize on the
                 TV quiz show "The $64,000 Question" by correctly answering
                 questions on boxing.
               - 1956: Nelson Mandela and 156 others were jailed in South Africa on
                 political charges.
               - 1960: Domino's Pizza was founded by Thomas S. Monaghan.
               - 1961: Syracuse running back Ernest Davis became the first black to
                 win the Heisman Trophy.
               - 1968: James Taylor released his debut LP on the Beatles' Apple
                 Records label.
               - 1969: The Rolling Stones held a free concert at the Altamont
                 Speedway in San Francisco. The event was marred when Hell's Angels
                 security guards stabbed 18-year-old Meredith Hunter to death for
                 supposedly pointing a gun at Mick Jagger.
               - 1973: House minority leader Gerald R. Ford was sworn in as the
                 first unelected vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew, who
                 resigned from office on Oct. 10.
               - 1978: Spain adopted its constitution.
               - 1988: Roy Orbison, rock/country cross-over musician, died.
               - 1995: A Russian Aeroflot Tu-154 with 97 people on board went
                 missing; the wreckage was eventually found Dec. 18.

               *Happy Birthday*
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               - Dave Brubeck, 78, jazz pianist, leader of Dave Brubeck Quartet
               - Peter Buck, 42, guitarist, R.E.M.
               - Tish Hinojosa, 43, country singer
               - Tom Hulce, 45, actor, "Amadeus," "National Lampoon's Animal House"
               - Don King, 66, boxing promoter
               - Kin Shriner, 45, actor, "General Hospital"
               - Wil Shriner, 45, TV talk show host, "TV Bloopers & Jokes"
               - Janine Turner, 36, actress, "Northern Exposure"
               - JoBeth Williams, 50, actress, "The Big Chill," "Poltergeist"
               - Steven Wright, 43, comedian