- 1800: Under the Treaty of San Idelfonso, Spain returned the
                  Louisiana territory to France.
                - 1880: John Philip Sousa became the new director of the U.S. Marine
                  Corps Band.
                - 1885: The U.S. began special delivery mail service.
                - 1888: National Geographic magazine was published for the first time.
                - 1890: Congress created the Weather Bureau. Yosemite National Park
                  was established.
                - 1908: Henry Ford's Model T Ford went on sale for $825.
                - 1934: Adolph Hitler expanded the German army and navy and created
                  an air force, violating the Treaty of Versailles.
                - 1943: The Allies captured Naples in World War II.
                - 1946: The International War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremburg sentenced
                  12 Nazi leaders to death.
                - 1949: The People's Republic of China was formed with Mao Zedong as
                  its head.
                - 1971: In Orlando, Fla., Walt Disney World opened.
                - 1974: The Watergate cover-up trial opened in Washington.
                - 1977: The Department Of Energy was established.
                - 1979: The Panama Canal Zone was formally handed over to Panama
                  after 70 years of U.S. control.
                - 1988: Mikhail Gorbachev became president of the Soviet Union.
                - 1991: President Aristide of Haiti flew into exile in Venezuela after
                  a coup.
                - 1996: The U.N. Security Council formally ended trade sanctions
                  against the Yugoslav republics of Serbia and Montenegro imposed in
                  1992 for their role in fomenting the war in Bosnia.
                - 1997: Gul Mohammed, the world's shortest man at 22.1 inches (56 cm),
                  died.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Julie Andrews, 63, actress/singer, "Sound of Music"
                - Tom Bosley, 71, actor, "Happy Days"
                - Jimmy Carter, 74, 39th U.S. President (1977-1981); Habitat for
                  Humanity advocate
                - Stephen Collins, 51, actor, "Star Trek: The Motion Picture"
                - Richard Harris, 68, actor, "The Sporting Life"
                - Walter Matthau, 78, actor, "The Odd Couple"
                - Randy Quaid, 48, actor, "Independence Day"
                - William Rehnquist, 74, 16th chief justice of Supreme Court
                - Stella Stevens, 62, actress, more than 80 roles
                - Greta Andersen Waitz, 45, runner, track & field, winner of New York
                  City Marathon a record nine times
                - James Whitmore, 77, actor, "Tora! Tora! Tora!"