- 1170: Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas A. Becket was murdered by
                       supporters of King Henry II in Canterbury Cathedral in England.
                     - 1845: Texas was admitted as the 28th state of the Union.
                     - 1848: Gas lights were first installed at the White House.
                     - 1851: The first American Young Men's Christian Association was
                       organized, in Boston.
                     - 1862: The bowling ball was invented.
                     - 1890: The Wounded Knee massacre took place in South Dakota. Some
                       300 Sioux Indians were killed by U.S. troops sent to disarm them.
                     - 1891: Thomas Edison patented the "transmission of signals
                       electrically" over the airwaves.
                     - 1908: A patent was granted for a four-wheel automobile brake in
                       Clintonville, Wis.
                     - 1930: Fred P. Newton completed what is thought to be the longest
                       swim ever, a distance of 1826 miles, when he swam in the
                       Mississippi River from Ford Dam, Minn., to New Orleans.
                     - 1949: The first UHF television station began operating on a regular
                       basis in Bridgeport, Conn.
                     - 1952: The first transistorized hearing aid was offered for sale in
                       Elmsford, N.Y.
                     - 1954: The Kingdom of the Netherlands, with Netherlands and
                       Netherlands Antilles as autonomous parts, came into being.
                     - 1955: Barbra Streisand made her first recording, "You'll Never
                       Know," at age 13.
                     - 1982: Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant ended his career with an Alabama win
                       over Illinois 21-15, his 323rd victory in 38 years of coaching.
                     - 1982: A Bob Marley postage stamp was issued in Jamaica.
                     - 1989: Jane Pauley said goodbye to NBC's "Today" show as she
                       co-hosted for the last time.

                     *Happy Birthday*
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                     - Ted Danson, 50, actor, "Cheers"
                     - Marianne Faithfull, 51, singer
                     - Jason Gould, 31, actor, "The Prince of Tides"
                     - Wayne Huizenga, 60, entrepreneur
                     - Mary Tyler Moore, 60, actress
                     - Jon Polito, 47, actor, "Homicide"
                     - Paula Poundstone, 38, comedienne
                     - Jon Voight, 59, actor, "Mission: Impossible"