- 54: Roman emperor Claudius I died after eating poisoned mushrooms
                  given to him by his wife, the Empress Agrippina.
                - 1775: The Continental Congress formed the U.S. Navy and ordered a
                  naval fleet to be built.
                - 1792: The cornerstone of the White House was laid by George
                  Washington. The "Old Farmer's Almanac" was first published.
                - 1812: British forces under Sir Isaac Brock defeated the Americans
                  at the Battle of Queenston Heights, Ontario, ending a U.S. attempt
                  to invade Canada.
                - 1843: B'nai B'rith was founded.
                - 1860: The first aerial photograph in the U.S. was taken. "Boston as
                  the Eagle and the Wild Goose sees it" was taken from a balloon
                  1,200 feet above the city.
                - 1884: Greenwich was established as the universal time meridian of
                  longitude from which standard times throughout the world are
                  calculated (Greenwich Mean Time).
                - 1903: Victor Herbert's "Babes in Toyland" premiered in New York.
                - 1943: Italy declared war on its former Axis partner Germany and the
                  allied nations accepted the active cooperation of Italy.
                - 1964: Three Soviet cosmonauts manning the world's first multi-seat
                  spacecraft, Voshkod, landed safely after a 24-hour journey.
                - 1972: A Uruguayan plane crashed in the Andes Mountains, and the 16
                  survivors resorted to cannibalism to survive for 69 days before
                  they were rescued.
                - 1987: Dolphins were first trained for use by the U.S. Navy in the
                  Persian Gulf. Costa Rican President Oscar Arias was awarded the
                  Nobel Peace Prize.
                - 1988: The Shroud of Turin, revered by many Christians as Christ's
                  burial cloth, was shown by carbon-dating tests to be a fake from
                  the Middle Ages.
                - 1990: The first Russian Orthodox service in more than 70 years was
                  held in St. Basil's Cathedral, next to the Kremlin.
                - 1995: Joseph Rotblat was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for leading
                  a campaign to ban nuclear weapons.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Herbert Lawrence Block, 89, editorial cartoonist, Washington Post
                - Jerry Jones, 56, owner-GM of Dallas Cowboys
                - Nancy Kerrigan, 29, figure skater, 1993 U.S. women's champion, '92
                  Olympic bronze medalist, '94 Olympic silver medalist
                - Marie Osmond, 39, country singer, TV personality
                - Kelly Preston, 36, actress, "Twins," "Jerry Maguire"
                - Jerry Rice, 36, San Francisco 49ers wide receiver, six-time
                  All-Pro, NFL's all-time touchdown leader
                - Nipsey Russell, 74, comedian/actor, "Car 54 Where Are You?'s" Off.
                  Anderson, "Barefoot in the Park," "Masquerade Party" & "Match Game"
                  panelist
                - Rob Schneider, 33, actor, "Saturday Night Live," "Men Behaving
                  Badly"
                - Paul Simon, 57, singer/guitarist
                - Margaret Thatcher, 73, former British prime minister
                - Demond Wilson, 52, actor, "Sanford & Son's" Lamont Sanford