- 1580: Francis Drake landed in Plymouth after sailing his ship The
                        Golden Hind around the world in 33 months.
                      - 1687: The Acropolis in Athens was attacked by the Venetian army
                        trying to eject the Turks.
                      - 1772: New Jersey passed a bill requiring a license to practice
                        medicine.
                      - 1777: In the Revolutionary War, British troops occupied
                        Philadelphia.
                      - 1789: Thomas Jefferson was appointed the first secretary of state.
                      - 1815: The Holy Alliance, an organization of most of the European
                        sovereigns, was formed by Alexander I of Russia, Francis I of
                        Austria and Frederick William III of Prussia.
                      - 1892: The Diamond Match Co. patented book matches; John Philip
                        Sousa performed his "Liberty Bell March" for the first time.
                      - 1907: New Zealand, which had been a colony of Great Britain, became
                        a dominion.
                      - 1914: The Federal Trade Commission was formed.
                      - 1918: The Battle of the Argonne, the final major battle of World
                        War I, began when a combined force of French troops and American
                        troops attacked along a 40-mile front.
                      - 1960: Fidel Castro made the longest speech in United Nations
                        history at 4 hours, 29 minutes. Vice-President Richard Nixon and
                        Sen. John F. Kennedy held the first televised debate between
                        presidential candidates.
                      - 1983: Australia II won the America's Cup, defeating the U.S. yacht
                        Liberty and ending America's 132-year hold on the trophy.
                      - 1984: China and Britain reached an agreement under which Hong Kong
                        would revert to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.
                      - 1989: Soviet Foreign Minister Eduard Shevardnadze called for total
                        destruction of Soviet and U.S. chemical weapons. Vietnam withdrew
                        its troops from Cambodia.

                      *Happy Birthday*
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                      - Melissa Sue Anderson, 36, actress, "Little House on the Prairie"
                      - Donna Douglas, 65, actress/singer, "The Beverly Hillbillies"
                      - Linda Hamilton, 42, actress, "Terminator"
                      - Jack LaLanne, 84, exerciser/body builder, own TV show 1960s-70s
                      - Kent McCord, 56, actor, "Adam 12"
                      - Olivia Newton-John, 50, singer/actress, "Physical"