- 1841: The first wagon train arrived in California.
                - 1846: Benjamin Palmer patented his artificial leg.
                - 1854: A lighthouse was built on Alcatraz Island.
                - 1856: James Buchanan was elected president.
                - 1880: James and John Ritty patented the cash register.
                - 1884: Grover Cleveland was elected president.
                - 1922: In Egypt, the entrance to King Tutankhamen's tomb was found.
                - 1924: In Wyoming, Nellie Ross was elected governor, becoming the
                  first female governor in the U.S.
                - 1939: The first air conditioners in cars were unveiled by Packard
                  Motor Co. Also, Congress passed the Neutrality Act of 1939,
                  repealing prohibition of arms exports and authorizing "cash and
                  carry" arms sales.
                - 1948: T.S. Eliot won the Nobel Prize for literature.
                - 1952: Dwight D. Eisenhower was elected president, the first
                  Republican in 24 years.
                - 1956: The Soviet Union crushed the Hungarian independence movement
                  by sending tanks into Budapest.
                - 1979: In Iran, the hostage crisis began when militants attacked the
                  U.S. Embassy in Tehran. Some hostages were released a few weeks
                  later, but 52 hostages were kept captive 444 days.
                - 1980: Ronald Reagan was elected president, defeating President
                  Carter.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Art Carney, 80, actor, "The Honeymooners'" Ed Norton
                - Walter Cronkite, 82, newscaster/journalist
                - Dick Groat, 68, former MLB shortstop, NL MVP 1960
                - Alfred Heineken, 75, Brewery king
                - Ralph Macchio, 37, actor, "Karate Kid" movies, "My Cousin Vinny"
                - Matthew McConaughey, 29, actor, "Contact," "A Time to Kill"
                - Markie Post, 48, actress, "Gangster Chronicles," "Night Court's"
                  Christine Sullivan
                - Loretta Swit, 61, actress, "M*A*S*H"
                - Yanni, 44, New Age musician