- 1440: Gilles de Rais, French marshal who fought for Joan of Arc,
                 was hanged for Satanism and murdering 140 children, inspiring the
                 tale "Bluebeard."
               - 1749: The Georgia Colony reversed itself and ruled slavery was
                 legal.
               - 1774: The First Continental Congress ended. The "Minute Men"
                 paramilitary group was organized in the colonies.
               - 1858: Hamilton Smith patented the rotary washing machine.
               - 1861: The Pony Express ended.
               - 1916: Birth control advocate Margaret Sanger was arrested for
                 obscenity.
               - 1919: President Wilson's veto of the Prohibition Enforcement Bill
                 was overridden by Congress.
               - 1941: U.S. savings bonds were first sold.
               - 1942: In the Battle of Santa Cruz, the USS South Dakota shot
                 down 32 Japanese planes.
               - 1950: Mother Teresa founded her Mission of Charity in Calcutta,
                 India.
               - 1954: Chevrolet unveiled the V-8 engine.
               - 1958: Pan American Airways flew its first Boeing 707 from New York
                 to Paris.
               - 1962: Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev sent a note to President
                 Kennedy offering to withdraw his missiles from Cuba if the U.S.
                 closed its bases in Turkey. The offer was rejected and the Cuban
                 missile crisis continued.
               - 1973: President Nixon released the first White House tapes on the
                 Watergate scandal.
               - 1982: The U.S. budget deficit reached more than $110 trillion for
                 fiscal year 1982.

               *Happy Birthday*
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               - Ralph Bakshi, 60, animator/producer/director, "Mighty Mouse"
               - Edward W. Brooke, 79, senator/attorney general, first black
                 popularly elected to the Senate
               - First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, 51
               - Cary Elwes, 36, actor, "Robin Hood: Men in Tights," "Twister"
               - Chuck Forman, 48, former NFL running back
               - Dave Gavitt, 61, formed Big East Conference in 1979, main force in
                 sending Dream Team to '92 Olympics
               - Sid Gillman, 87, only coach in both College and Pro Football halls
                 of fame
               - Ivan Reitman, 52, producer/director, "Ghostbusters"
               - Pat Sajak, 52, game show host, "Wheel of Fortune"
               - Jaclyn Smith, 51, actress, "Charlie's Angels"