100th birth anniversary of actor Sir Alec Guinness (1914-2000).
Birth anniversaries of authors Hans Christian Andersen (1805-75) and Émile Zola (1840-1902).
Happy Birthday! Emmylou Harris, Linda Hunt, Camille Paglia
1889 - Charles Hall patented aluminum.
1917 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson presented a declaration of war against Germany to the U.S. Congress.
1932 - A $50,000 ransom was paid for the infant son of Charles and Anna Lindbergh. He child was not returned and was found dead the next month.
1935 - Sir Watson-Watt was granted a patent for RADAR.
1972 - Burt Reynolds appeared nude in "Cosmopolitan" magazine.
1982 - Argentina invaded the British-owned Falkland Islands. The following June Britain took the islands back.
1983 - The New Jersey Transit strike that began on March 1 came to an end.
1985 - The NCAA Rules Committee adopted the 45-second shot clock for men’s basketball to begin in the 1986 season.
1989 - An editorial in the "New York Times" declared that the Cold War was over.
1995 - The costliest strike in professional sports history ended when baseball owners agreed to let players play without a contract.
1996 - Lech Walesa resumed his old job as an electrician at the Gdansk shipyard. He was the former Solidarity union leader who became Poland's first post-war democratic president.
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