- 1776: The assembly of New Hampshire adopted its first state
                       constitution.
                     - 1781: A British naval expedition led by Benedict Arnold burned
                       Richmond, Va.
                     - 1809: The Treaty of Dardanelles was signed between Britain and
                       France.
                     - 1919: The German Workers Party, later to be called the Nazi Party,
                       was formed.
                     - 1925: Nellie Taylor Ross became the first female governor of a
                       state when she assumed her duties as chief executive of Wyoming to
                       finish out her late husband's term.
                     - 1927: Fox Studios exhibited Movietone, a medium which synchronized
                       sound and motion pictures.
                     - 1933: Calvin Coolidge, the 30th U.S. president, died.
                     - 1934: Both the National and the American baseball leagues selected
                       a uniform ball to be used by both leagues.
                     - 1940: The FCC heard the very first transmission of the breakthrough
                       FM radio with its clearer, static-free signal.
                     - 1943: Educator and scientist George Washington Carver died in
                       Tuskegee, Ala., at age 81.
                     - 1945: Pepe LePew made his debut in the Warner Bros. cartoon
                       "Odor-able Kitty."
                     - 1956: Elvis Presley recorded "Heartbreak Hotel."
                     - 1957: Jackie Robinson announced his retirement from baseball.
                     - 1970: The daytime soap opera "All My Children" debuted on ABC.
                     - 1971: The Harlem Globetrotters had a 2,495-game winning streak
                       snapped when they lost, 100-99, to the New Jersey Reds.
                     - 1972: U.S. President Richard Nixon signed a bill instructing NASA
                       to begin research on a manned space shuttle.
                     - 1976: The Khmer Rouge promulgated a new constitution in Cambodia,
                       renaming it Democratic Kampuchea.
                     - 1976: "The MacNeil-Lehrer Report" premiered on PBS.
                     - 1981: Police in England arrested Peter Sutcliffe, a truck driver
                       later convicted of the "Yorkshire Ripper" murders of 13 women.
                     - 1993: With 94% of the votes, Reggie Jackson was inducted into
                       Baseball's Hall of Fame.
                     - 1997: Russia withdrew the last of its defense ministry troops from
                       Chechnya, marking a formal end to Moscow's ill-fated military
                       campaign in the region.
                     - 1998: Sonny Bono, U.S. pop star-turned-politician and half of the
                       Sonny and Cher singing duo, died.

                     *Happy Birthday*
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                     - Suzy Amis, 40, actress, "Titanic"
                     - Robert Duvall, 67, actor
                     - Umberto Eco, 66, author, "The Name of the Rose"
                     - Diane Keaton, 52, actress/director
                     - King Juan Carlos I of Spain, 60
                     - Ted Lange, 51, actor, "The Love Boat"
                     - Marilyn Manson, 30, singer/musician
                     - Pamela Sue Martin, 45, actress, "Dynasty"
                     - Walter F. Mondale, 70, former vice president
                     - Charlie Rose, 56, newscaster, TV host
                     - Kate Schellenbach, 33, musician, Luscious Jackson
                     - Sam Wyche, 53, NFL coach/commentator