George Washington (U.S.) 1732 - First President of the United States, Frederic-Francois Chopin 1810, Robert Young 1907
Edward M. Kennedy 1932, Lea Salonga 1971, Michael Chang 1972
1630 - Quadequine introduced popcorn to English colonists at their first Thanksgiving dinner.
1819 - Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
1879 - In Utica, NY, Frank W. Woolworth opened his first 5 and 10-cent store.
1885 - The Washington Monument was officially dedicated in Washington, DC. It opened to the public in 1889.
1923 - The first successful chinchilla farm opened in Los Angeles, CA. It was the first farm of its kind in the U.S.
1994 - The U.S. Justice Department charged Aldrich Ames and his wife with selling national secrets to the Soviet Union. Ames was later convicted to life in prison. Ames' wife received a 5-year prison term.
1997 - Scottish scientist Ian Wilmut and colleagues announced that an adult sheep had been successfully cloned. Dolly was actually born on July 5, 1996. Dolly was the first mammal to have been successfully cloned from an adult cell.
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