- 1716: The first lion to be seen in America was exhibited in Boston.
               - 1778: Captain Cook discovered Maui.
               - 1789: President George Washington set aside a national day of
                 Thanksgiving.
               - 1825: The first college social fraternity, Kappa Alpha, was formed
                 at Union College in Schenectady, N.Y.
               - 1861: West Virginia was created as a result of a dispute over
                 slavery with Virginia.
               - 1865: "Alice in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll was published in
                 America.
               - 1867: The refrigerated railroad car was patented by J.B. Sutherland
                 of Detroit.
               - 1868: The first baseball game was played in an enclosed field at
                 25th and Folsom in San Francisco.
               - 1885: A meteor was photographed for the first time.
               - 1940: Germany began walling off the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw,
                 sealing in its 400,000 inhabitants.
               - 1941: A Japanese carrier force left its base and moved east toward
                 Pearl Harbor. Lebanon gained independence from France.
               - 1942: Warner Brothers hurried "Casablanca" into the theaters to
                 exploit the prominence of the war in North Africa.
               - 1949: India adopted a constitution as a republic within the British
                 Commonwealth.
               - 1952: The first modern 3-D movie "Bwana Devil," viewed with special
                 glasses, premiered in Hollywood.
               - 1956: "The Price Is Right" debuted on NBC.
               - 1965: France launched its first satellite, Astrix 1, and became the
                 third country in space.
               - 1969: A bill establishing a lottery for Selective Service draftees
                 was signed by President Nixon.
               - 1975: A federal jury in Sacramento, Calif., found Lynette "Squeaky"
                 Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, guilty of trying to
                 assassinate President Ford.
               - 1976: The Sex Pistols released their debut single "Anarchy In The
                 U.K."
               - 1979: The International Olympic Committee voted to readmit China
                 after an absence of 21 years.
               - 1984: After 518 goals and 14 years of service with the Montreal
                 Canadiens, Guy LaFleur decided to retire from hockey.
               - 1990: Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew resigned, ending his reign as the
                 world's longest-serving prime minister.

               *Happy Birthday*
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               - Chuck Finley, 36, MLB Pitcher
               - Robert Goulet, 65, singer/actor
               - Jamie Jones, 24, singer, All 4 One
               - Shawn Kemp, 29, NBA forward, member of The Dream Team II
               - Rich Little, 60, impressionist
               - John McVie, 53, bassist, Fleetwood Mac
               - Charles Schulz, 76, "Peanuts" comic strip creator
               - Tina Turner, 60, singer