- 1782: The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace
                 articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
               - 1803: Spain completed the process of ceding Louisiana to France.
               - 1804: The first U.S. Supreme Court justice to be impeached for
                 alleged political bias, Samuel Chase, went on trial.
               - 1866: Work began in Chicago on first U.S. underwater highway tunnel.
               - 1886: The first commercially successful AC electric power plant
                 opened in Buffalo.
               - 1887: The first softball game was played in Chicago. The game used a
                 broomstick for a bat and a boxing glove for a ball.
               - 1900: A German engineer patented front-wheel drive for automobiles.
               - 1924: Wireless transmission of photographs from London to New York
                 City by radio was first demonstrated by RCA.
               - 1940: Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married.
               - 1948: Baseball's Negro National League disbanded.
               - 1956: Videotape was first used on TV with the airing of "Douglas
                 Edwards and the News."
               - 1966: The former British colony of Barbados became independent.
               - 1971: One of the most famous TV movies of all time, "Brian's Song,"
                 aired for the first time on ABC.
               - 1974: The most complete skeleton of early man was found in Ethiopia
                 by Dr. Donald Johanson and T. Gray of Cleveland's Museum of Natural
                 History.
               - 1986: Ivan Lendl became the first tennis player in the world to
                 gain career earnings exceeding $10 million.
               - 1991: The first world championship of women's soccer was won by the
                 U.S., defeating Norway 2-1, in Guangzhou, China.
               - 1993: President Clinton signed the Brady Gun Control Bill
                 establishing a five-day waiting period and a background check for
                 the purchase of a gun.

               *Happy Birthday*
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               - Shirley Chisholm, 74, Congressperson, first black woman elected to
                 House of Representatives
               - Dick Clark, 69, TV personality, "American Bandstand"
               - Joan Ganz Cooney, 69, founder of Children's Television Workshop and
                 developer of "Sesame Street"
               - Des'ree, 28, rhythm and blues singer
               - Robert Guillaume, 71, actor, "Benson"
               - Billy Idol, 43, singer
               - Bo Jackson, 36, former MLB outfielder, NFL running back, actor
               - G. Gordon Liddy, 68, Watergate figure, radio talk show host
               - David Mamet, 51, playwright/screenwriter/director, "The Spanish
                 Director"
               - Mindy McCready, 23, Country singer
               - Mandy Patinkin, 46, actor, "Chicago Hope," "The Princess Bride"
               - Ridley Scott, 61, film director, "Alien," "Blade Runner"
               - Ben Stiller, 33, actor/director, "There's Something About Mary"
               - Bill Walsh, 67, former NFL coach, sportscaster