- 1787: Pennsylvania became the second state of the American Union.
                      - 1792: Ludwig van Beethoven, 22, noted in his diary he had enough
                        money for his first music lesson with Franz Joseph Haydn.
                      - 1800: Washington, D.C., was established as the capital of the
                        United States.
                      - 1822: Mexico was officially recognized as an independent nation by
                        the U.S.
                      - 1878: Joseph Pulitzer began publishing the St. Louis Dispatch.
                      - 1897: The comic strip "The Katzenjammer Kids" (Hans and Fritz)
                        appeared for the first time in "The New York Journal."
                      - 1899: George F. Bryant of Boston patented the wooden golf tee.
                      - 1906: Oscar Straus became the first Jewish cabinet member when he
                        was appointed Secretary of Commerce.
                      - 1913: Leonardo Da Vinci's painting "Mona Lisa" was recovered in
                        Florence, two years after it had been stolen from the Louvre in
                        Paris.
                      - 1915: Francis Albert Sinatra was born in Hoboken, N.J.
                      - 1917: Father Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town outside Omaha, Neb.
                      - 1925: The first motel - The Motel Inn - opened in San Luis Obispo,
                        Calif.
                      - 1936: Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek declared war on Japan.
                      - 1937: NBC and RCA sent the first mobile-TV vans onto the streets of
                        New York.
                      - 1946: Tide detergent was introduced.
                      - 1953: Test pilot Chuck Yeager reached Mach 2.43 in his Bell X-1A
                        rocket plane.
                      - 1955: The first prototype of the hovercraft was patented by British
                        engineer Christoper Cockerell.
                      - 1957: Jerry Lee Lewis married his cousin Myra Gale Brown, 13, while
                        he was still married to his first wife Jane Mitcham.
                      - 1964: Shooting started for the "Star Trek" pilot "The Cage."
                      - 1965: The Beatles played their last concert in Great Britain at the
                        Capitol Theatre in Cardiff, Wales.
                      - 1968: Arthur Ashe became the first black to be ranked No. 1 in
                        tennis.
                      - 1976: Quarterback Joe Namath played his last game with the New York
                        Jets.
                      - 1985: Ian Stewart, the perennial Rolling Stones keyboardist, the
                        legendary Sixth Stone, died of a massive heart attack at age 47.
                      - 1995: By only three votes, the Senate killed a constitutional
                        amendment giving Congress authority to outlaw flag burning and
                        other forms of desecration against Old Glory.

                      *Happy Birthday*
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                      - Madchen Amick, 28, actress
                      - Bob Barker, 75, animal rights activist, game show host
                      - Dickey Betts, 55, singer/guitarist, The Allman Brothers
                      - Mayim Bialik, 23, actress, "Blossom"
                      - Jennifer Connelly, 28, actress, "Inventing the Abbotts"
                      - Sheila E, 39, R&B singer
                      - Connie Francis, 60, actress/pop singer
                      - Edward Koch, 74, ex-mayor, New York City
                      - Bruce Kulick, 45, guitarist/singer, KISS
                      - Cathy Rigby, 46, Olympic gymnast, sportscaster
                      - Paul Rodgers, 49, singer/songwriter, Free, Bad Company, The Firm
                      - Dionne Warwick, 57, singer