100th birth anniversary of novelist and Oscar-winning screenwriter Budd Schulberg (1914-2009).
Birth anniversaries of scientist Wilhelm Rontgen (1845-1923), automotive engineer Henry Royce (1863-1933), jazz singer Sarah Vaughan (1924-90).
Happy Birthday! Mariah Carey, Quentin Tarantino, Cale Yarborough
1794 - The U.S. Congress authorized the creation of the U.S. Navy.
1836 - In Goliad, TX, about 350 Texan prisoners, including their commander James Fannin, were executed under orders from Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna. An estimated 30 Texans escaped execution.
1860 - The corkscrew was patented by M.L. Byrn.
1899 - The first international radio transmission between England and France was achieved by the Italian inventor G. Marconi.
1907 - French troops occupied Oudja, Morocco, as a punitive action for the murder of French Dr. Muchamp.
1933 - About 55,000 people staged a protest against Hitler in New York City.
1941 - Tokeo Yoshikawa arrived in Oahu, HI, and began spying for Japan on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor.
1958 - Nikita Khrushchev became the chairman of the Soviet Council of Ministers in addition to First Secretary of the Communist Party.
1964 - An 8.4 earthquake struck Alaska, killing 117 people.
1977 - Two 747s collided on the ground at the Canary Islands, killing 570 people.
1997 - Russian workers, nearly 2 million, held a nationwide strike to protest unpaid wages.
1998 - In the U.S., the FDA approved the prescription drug Viagra. It was the first pill for male impotence.
1998 - Top civilian aircraft makers in France, Spain, Germany and Britain agreed to create single European aerospace and defense company.
2004 - NASA successfully launched an unpiloted X-43A jet that hit Mach 7 (about 5,000 mph).
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