Birth anniversaries of Les Paul (1915-2009) and Cole Porter (1891-1964).
Birth anniversary of English inventor George Stephenson (1781-1848).
Happy Birthday! Patricia Cornwell, Johnny Depp, Michael J. Fox, Jackie Mason, Natalie Portman, Dick Vitale
1534 - Jacques Cartier became the first to sail into the river he named Saint Lawrence.
1860 - The book, "Malaeska, the Indian Wife of the White Hunter" by Mrs. Ann Stevens, was offered for sale for a dime. It was the first published "dime novel."
1934 - Donald Duck made his debut in the Silly Symphonies cartoon "The Wise Little Hen."
1943 - The withholding tax on payrolls was authorized by the U.S. Congress.
1945 - Japanese Premier Kantaro Suzuki declared that Japan would fight to the last rather than accept unconditional surrender.
1959 - The first ballistic missile carrying submarine, the USS George Washington, was launched.
1980 - Richard Pryor was severely burned by a "free-base" mixture that exploded. He was hospitalized more than two months.
2000 - Canada and the United States signed a border security agreement. The agreement called for the establishment of a border-enforcement team.
2011 - The world's first artificial organ transplant was performed. It was an artificial windpipe coated with stem cells.
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