- 1793: Marie Antoinette was beheaded.
                - 1847: Charlotte Bronte's book "Jane Eyre" was published.
                - 1861: The Confederacy began selling postage stamps.
                - 1863: Gen. Grant was appointed commander of all operations in the
                  western theater.
                - 1916: Margaret Sanger and two other women opened the first birth
                  control clinic.
                - 1923: Walt and Roy Disney founded the Disney Brothers Studio. In
                  Switzerland, John Harwood patented his self-winding watch.
                - 1934: Mao Zedong and 25,000 troops began the 6,000 mile Long
                  March.
                - 1940: Benjamin Oliver Davis Sr. became the first black U.S. Army
                  general. The first lottery for drafting World War II soldiers was
                  held.
                - 1962: The Cuban missile crisis began when President Kennedy learned
                  of missile bases in Cuba.
                - 1963: Two secret U.S. military satellites were launched from Cape
                  Canaveral to monitor violations of the nuclear test ban treaty in
                  space.
                - 1964: China detonated its first atomic bomb, becoming the world's
                  fifth nuclear power.
                - 1973: Maynard Jackson became the first black mayor of a major
                  southern city when he was elected mayor of Atlanta. The
                  Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) was founded.
                  U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger and Vietnam's Le Duc Tho won the
                  Nobel Peace Prize (Le Duc Tho refused the award).
                - 1978: Cardinal Karol Wojtyla was elected by the College of
                  Cardinals to be the new pope of the Roman Catholic Church, taking
                  the name John Paul II.
                - 1981: Actor William Holden died at age 63 after splitting his head
                  open while intoxicated.
                - 1984: Anglican Bishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa was awarded the
                  Nobel Peace Prize. A baboon heart was transplanted into a
                  15-day-old baby girl.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Flea (real name: Michael Balzary), 36, Red Hot Chili Peppers
                - Charles Colson, 67, ex-presidential advisor, Watergate figure
                - Dave DeBusschere, 58, NBA forward/coach
                - Guenter Grass, 71, novelist/dramatist/playwright/poet
                - Angela Lansbury, 73, actress
                - Kellie Martin, 23, actress, "Life Goes On," "ER"
                - Tim McCarver, 57, former MLB catcher/baseball announcer
                - Tim Robbins, 40, actor/director/screenwriter
                - Suzanne Somers, 52, actress, "Three's Company"
                - Bob Weir, 51, musician, co-founder of The Grateful Dead
                - David Zucker, 51, producer/director, "Airplane!"