- 1714: The Treaty of Baden was signed between the Holy Roman Emperor
                        Charles VI and France, ending the War of Spanish Succession.
                      - 1812: The Russian army under General Kutuzov was defeated at a
                        heavy cost by Napoleon at the battle of Borodino.
                      - 1813: The nickname "Uncle Sam" was first used as a symbolic
                        reference to the United States in an editorial in the Troy Post of
                        New York.
                      - 1822: Brazil proclaimed independence from Portugal and Pedro I
                        became first Emperor of Brazil.
                      - 1888: Edith Eleanor McLean became the first baby placed in an
                        incubator.
                      - 1892: John L. Sullivan was knocked out by James "Gentleman Jim"
                        Corbett in the 21st round of the first major boxing title fight to
                        be fought under the Marquess of Queensbury rules in New Orleans.
                      - 1896: A.H. Whiting won the first automobile race held on a track in
                        Cranston, R.I.
                      - 1901: In China, the Boxer Rebellion, which attempted to drive out
                        all foreigners, ended with the signing of the Peking Protocol.
                      - 1915: John Gruelle patented his Raggedy Ann doll.
                      - 1916: The Workmen's Compensation Act was passed by Congress.
                      - 1923: Mary Campbell won the Miss America pageant for the second
                        time.
                      - 1940: The German Luftwaffe air force under Hermann Goering began
                        its "blitz" bombing campaign on London.
                      - 1977: President Jimmy Carter and Gen. Omar Torrijos Herrera
                        signed the Panama Canal treaties, which spelled out when the
                        waterway would be turned over to Panama's control.
                      - 1978: Keith Moon, drummer with the British rock group The Who, died
                        after an overdose of pills.
                      - 1986: Bishop Desmond Tutu was enthroned as Archbishop of Cape Town,
                        South Africa. He was the first black head of South Africa's
                        Anglicans.

                      *Happy Birthday*
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                      - Corbin Bernsen, 44, actor, "L.A. Law"
                      - Susan Blakely, 50, actress, "Rich Man Poor Man"
                      - Dr. Michael DeBakey, 90, surgeon, performed first heart transplant
                      - Arthur Ferrante, 77, pianist/composer, of Ferrante & Teicher
                      - Daniel Ken Inouye, 74, senator, chair of Iran-Contra hearings
                      - Julie Kavner, 47, actress, voice of "The Simpsons,'" Marge Simpson
                      - Elia Kazan, 89, producer/director, "A Streetcar Named Desire"
                      - Richard Roundtree, 56, actor, "Roots"
                      - Louise Suggs, 75, golfer, won 11 Majors and 50 LPGA events from
                        1949-62