- 1817: The first coffee was planted in Hawaii in Kona.
                     - 1853: The United States bought some 45,000 square miles of land by
                       The Gila River from Mexico for $10 million in a deal that became
                       known as the Gadsden Purchase, an area that is now southern Arizona
                       and New Mexico.
                     - 1873: The American Metrological Society is formed in New York City
                       to improve systems of weights, measures and money.
                     - 1911: Sun Yat-sen was elected the first president of the Republic
                       of China after the fall of the Chinese dynasties.
                     - 1922: Vladimir I. Lenin proclaimed the establishment of the Union
                       of Soviet Socialist Republics, five years after the Bolsheviks
                       overthrew a provisional government that had replaced Czar Nicholas
                       II.
                     - 1924: Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other Milky Way
                       galactic systems.
                     - 1936: The United Auto Workers Union staged its first "sit-down"
                       strike, at the Fisher Body Plant No. 1 in Flint, Mich.
                     - 1940: California's first freeway, the Arroyo Seco Parkway
                       connecting Los Angeles and Pasadena, was officially opened by Los
                       Angeles Mayor Fletcher Bowron.
                     - 1954: The 24-second shot clock was used in professional basketball
                       for the first time in a game between Rochester and a Boston team.
                     - 1959: The first ballistic missile submarine, the USS George
                       Washington, was commissioned in Groton, Conn.
                     - 1963: "Let's Make A Deal," debuted on NBC; Congress authorized the
                       Kennedy half-dollar following JFK's assassination.
                     - 1965: Ferdinand Marcos was inaugurated as president of the
                       Phillipines.
                     - 1974: The Beatles were legally disbanded, four years to the day
                       after Paul McCartney sued his bandmates to dissolve the partnership.
                     - 1980: "The Wonderful World of Disney," the longest-running series
                       in prime time television history at 25 years old, was canceled by
                       NBC.

                     *Happy Birthday*
                     ----------------
                     - Suzy Bogguss, 42, country singer/guitarist
                     - Joseph Bologna, 62, actor, "My Favorite Year"
                     - James Burrows, 58, TV producer/director, "The Mary Tyler Moore
                       Show," "Cheers"
                     - Bo Diddley, 70, blues singer/guitarist
                     - Ben Johnson, 37, Olympic runner
                     - Davy Jones, 52, singer, The Monkees
                     - Sandy Koufax, 63, MLB pitcher/announcer
                     - Matt Lauer, 41, TV host, "Today"
                     - Jeff Lynne, 51, singer/musician, Electric Light Orchestra, The
                       Traveling Wilburys
                     - Michael Nesmith, 56, singer/musician, The Monkees
                     - Paul Stookey, 61, singer/musician, Peter, Paul, and Mary
                     - Russ Tamblyn, 64, actor, "Twin Peaks"
                     - Tracey Ullman, 39, actress/comedienne
                     - Fred Ward, 56, actor
                     - Tiger Woods, 23, golfer