- 1493: Christopher Columbus discovered the island of Dominica.
                - 1534: In England, Parliament met and passed an Act of Supremacy
                  which made King Henry VIII head of the English church - a role
                  formerly held by the Pope.
                - 1796: John Adams was elected president.
                - 1862: Dr. Richard Gatling patented the machine gun.
                - 1868: John Menard of Louisiana became the first black elected to
                  Congress.
                - 1888: In London, Jack the Ripper murdered his last victim.
                - 1896: Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah became the first female senator.
                - 1900: The first-ever auto show in the U.S. opened in Madison Square
                  Garden in New York City.
                - 1936: President Franklin D. Roosevelt was elected president.
                - 1952: Clarence Birdseye sold the first frozen peas.
                - 1954: Linus Pauling won the Nobel prize in chemistry.
                - 1957: The Soviet Union launched the first inhabited space capsule,
                  Sputnik II, carrying a dog named Laika.
                - 1961: The General Assembly unanimously elected U Thant acting
                  secretary general of the U.N., following the death of Dag
                  Hammarskjoeld.
                - 1964: Lyndon Johnson was elected president by a huge margin over
                  Barry Goldwater.
                - 1992: Bill Clinton was elected president over George Bush. Carol
                  Moseley Braun of Illinois became the first black female senator.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Adam Ant, 44, '80s pop musician
                - Ken Berry, 65, actor, "F Troop," "Mama's Family"
                - Charles Bronson, 77, actor, "Deathwish"
                - Kate Capshaw, 45, actress, "Indiana Jones & Temple of Doom"
                - Michael S. Dukakis, 65, ex-Massachusetts governor, presidential
                  candidate
                - Roy Emerson, 62, tennis player
                - Bob Feller, 80, MLB pitcher, led AL in strikeouts 7 times
                - Phil Simms, 43, commentator/former NFL quarterback
                - Larry Holmes, 49, boxer, heavyweight champion 1978-85
                - Dennis Miller, 45, comedian/actor
                - Roseanne, 46, actress/comedienne