- 1492: Lead pencils were first used.
                - 1662: Charles II of England sold Dunkirk to France.
                - 1682: William Penn accepted the area around the Delaware River from
                  the Duke of York.
                - 1787: The first of the "Federalist Papers" was published, calling
                  for ratification of the Constitution.
                - 1795: Pinckney's Treaty between Spain and the U.S. was signed,
                  establishing the southern boundary of the U.S. and giving Americans
                  the right to send goods down the Mississippi without paying duty to
                  Spain.
                - 1810: The U.S. annexed western Florida.
                - 1886: Modest Mussorgsky's "A Night on Bald Mountain" was first
                  performed in Russia.
                - 1900: After four years of work, the first section of the New York
                  subway was opened.
                - 1901: The first use of a "getaway car" occurred in Paris when
                  thieves drove off after holding up a shop.
                - 1914: Poet Dylan Thomas was born in Swansea, South Wales (d: 1953).
                - 1922: The Italian government resigned under pressure from the
                  fascist movement of Benito Mussolini.
                - 1923: Pop artist Roy Lichtenstein was born in New York City
                  (d: 1997).
                - 1938: Du Pont named its new synthetic fiber "nylon."
                - 1954: Walt Disney's first television program, "Disneyland,"
                  premiered on ABC.
                - 1961: The first Saturn launch vehicle made a flight test.
                - 1962: President Kennedy warned Russia the U.S. will not allow
                  Soviet missiles to remain in Cuba.
                - 1978: Menachem Begin of Israel and Anwar Sadat of Egypt were named
                  winners of the 1978 Nobel Peace Prize.
                - 1997: The Dow Jones index fell 554.26 points, its largest one-day
                  decline ever in points terms; the decline of 7.18 percent was the
                  biggest since the drop of 23 percent in 1987.

                *Happy Birthday*
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                - Terry Anderson, 51, journalist/correspondent, kidnapped in 1985 in
                  Beirut and released in 1991
                - Warren Christopher, 73, former secretary of state
                - John Cleese, 59, actor/comedian of "Monty Python" fame
                - Ruby Dee, 74, actress, "Roots"
                - Nanette Fabray, 78, actress/dancer
                - Lee Greenwood, 56, country singer
                - Fran Lebowitz, 48, writer
                - Marla Maples, 35, model/actress, Donald Trump's ex
                - Patty Sheehan, 42, golfer, LPGA Hall of Fame