- 1706: Benjamin Franklin, U.S. statesman and scientist, was born.
                      - 1773: Captain James Cook became the first to cross the Antarctic
                        Circle.
                      - 1871: The first cable car was patented by Andrew S. Hallidie.
                      - 1893: Hawaii's monarchy was overthrown as a group of white
                        businessmen and sugar planters forced Queen Liliuokalani to
                        abdicate. The Kingdom of Hawaii became a republic.
                      - 1899: Notorious gangster Al Capone was born in Italy; The United
                        States took possession of Wake Island in Pacific.
                      - 1916: The PGA had its beginning at a luncheon in New York City
                        attended by many top golfers. An organizing committee established
                        the association and drew up bylaws.
                      - 1917: The U.S. purchase of the West Indies from Denmark for $25
                        million, making it a U.S. territory, was ratified.
                      - 1926: George Burns married Gracie Allen.
                      - 1928: The first fully automatic photographic film developing
                        machine was patented.
                      - 1929: E.C. Segar introduced Popeye The Sailor Man in his "Thimble
                        Theater" comic strip.
                      - 1945: Soviet and Polish forces liberated Warsaw from Nazi forces
                        during World War II. The same day, Swedish diplomat Raoul
                        Wallenberg, credited with saving tens of thousands of Jews,
                        disappeared in Hungary while in Soviet custody.
                      - 1946: The United Nations Security Council held its first meeting.
                      - 1969: Led Zeppelin's debut album was released in the U.S.
                      - 1972: A section of Memphis' Highway 51 South was renamed Elvis
                        Presley Boulevard.
                      - 1977: Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer in Utah, became the first
                        person in to be executed in the U.S. since the re-introduction of
                        the death penalty when he was shot by a firing squad.
                      - 1983: Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace, capping a political comeback,
                        took the oath of office for a record fourth term as he succeeded
                        Governor Fob James.
                      - 1990: The Who, Simon and Garfunkel, The Four Seasons, The Four Tops,
                        Hank Ballard, The Platters and The Kinks were inducted into
                        Cleveland's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
                      - 1991: In the Gulf War, U.S.-led allied forces launched "Operation
                        Desert Storm," an air and missile offensive against Iraqi positions.
                      - 1995: More than 6,400 people were killed after an earthquake
                        measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale ripped through Kobe, Japan.
                      - 1998: U.S. President Bill Clinton faced Paula Jones and gave sworn
                        testimony about her sexual harassment lawsuit, the first time in
                        U.S. history a sitting president has given testimony as a defendant.

                      *Happy Birthday*
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                      - Muhammad Ali, 57, boxer
                      - Jim Carrey, 37, actor, "Liar Liar"
                      - David Caruso, 43, actor, "NYPD Blue," "Michael Hayes"
                      - Chili Davis, 39, MLB outfielder
                      - Steve Earle, 44, country/rock musician
                      - Larry Fortensky, 47, ex-husband of Elizabeth Taylor
                      - Susanna Hoffs, 42, singer, the Bangles
                      - James Earl Jones, 68, actor
                      - Maury Povich, 60, TV talk show host
                      - Shabba Ranks, 33, reggae singer
                      - Ray J, 18, singer
                      - Betty White, 77, actress, "The Golden Girls"
                      - Paul Young, 43, singer/musician