- 1756: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria.
                     - 1785: The oldest state university in America, the University of
                       Georgia, was chartered in Athens.
                     - 1832: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, who wrote "Alice's Adventures in
                       Wonderland" under the pen name Lewis Carroll, was born in Cheshire,
                       England.
                     - 1870: Kappa Alpha Theta, the first American Greek letter sorority,
                       was founded at DePauw University.
                     - 1880: Thomas Edison received a patent for his electric incandescent
                       lamp.
                     - 1888: The National Geographic Society was founded in Washington,
                        D.C.
                     - 1918: "Tarzan of the Apes," the first Tarzan film, premiered at the
                       Broadway Theater.
                     - 1926: John Logie Baird of Scotland demonstrated the first television
                       set, the iconoscope, a mechanical scanning system.
                     - 1943: The first all-American air raid against Germany during World
                       War II took place as some 50 bombers struck Wilhelmshaven.
                     - 1944: The Soviet Union announced the end of the German siege of
                       Leningrad.
                     - 1945: Soviet troops liberated the Nazi concentration camps Auschwitz
                       and Birkenau in Poland.
                     - 1951: Atomic testing in the Nevada desert began when an Air Force
                       plane dropped a 1-kiloton bomb on Frenchman Flats.
                     - 1967: A flash fire during an evening practice session claimed the
                       lives of Apollo I astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Edward White, and
                       Roger Chaffee.
                     - 1970: The movie rating system was modified. The "M" rating was
                       replaced by "PG," calling for parental guidance and the "R" and "X"
                       ratings were added.
                     - 1973: The Vietnam peace accords were signed in Paris, formally
                       bringing to an end the longest foreign war in U.S. history.
                     - 1984: Wayne Gretzky set a National Hockey League record for
                       consecutive game scoring when his streak ended at 51 games. Gretzky
                       collected 153 points - 61 goals and 92 assists - during the run.
                     - 1986: L. Ron Hubbard, novelist and founder of the Church of
                       Scientology, died at age 74.
                     - 1988: The Senate Judiciary Committee unanimously approved the
                       nomination of Judge Anthony M. Kennedy to the U.S. Supreme Court.
                     - 1991: Nadine Strossen became the first female president of the ACLU.
                     - 1992: Democratic presidential candidate Bill Clinton and Arkansas
                       resident Gennifer Flowers accused each other of lying in a renewed
                       dispute over her assertion that they had a 12-year affair.

                     *Happy Birthday*
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                     - Mikhail Baryshnikov, 51, ballet star
                     - Chris Collinsworth, 40, NFL wide receiver, TV sportscaster
                     - James Cromwell, 57, actor, "Babe," "Star Trek: Generations"
                     - Troy Donahue, 63, actor
                     - Bridget Fonda, 35, actress, "Jackie Brown"
                     - Jonny Lang, 18, blues musician
                     - Tracy Lawrence, 31, country singer/musician
                     - Nick Mason, 55, drummer for Pink Floyd
                     - Keith Olbermann, 40, TV commentator
                     - Mimi Rogers, 44, actress, "Austin Powers"
                     - Margo Timmins, 38, singer, Cowboy Junkies