Howard Cosell 1920, Jim Lovell 1928 - Astronaut, Aretha Franklin 1942 - Singer,
Elton John 1947 - Singer, musician, Sarah Jessica Parker 1965 - Actress ("Sex and the City", "Failure to Launch"), Danica Patrick 1982 - Auto racer
1669 - Mount Etna in Sicily erupted destroying Nicolosi. 20,000 people were killed.
1802 - France, Netherlands, Spain and England signed the Peace of Amiens.
1821 - Greece gained independence from Turkey.
1856 - A. E. Burnside patented Burnside carbine.
1900 - The U.S. Socialist Party was formed in Indianapolis.
1902 - In Russia, 567 students were found guilty of "political disaffection." 95 students were exiled to Siberia.
1911 - In New York City, 146 women were killed in fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Company in New York City. The owners of the company were indicted on manslaughter charges because some of the employees had been behind locked doors in the factory. The owners were later acquitted and in 1914 they were ordered to pay damages to each of the twenty-three families that had sued.
1919 - The Paris Peace Commission adopted a plan to protect nations from the influx of foreign labor.
1941 - Yugoslavia joined the Axis powers.
1954 - RCA manufactured its first color TV set and began mass production.
1983 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation to rescue the U.S. social security system from bankruptcy.
1989 - In Paris, the Louvre reopened with I.M. Pei's new courtyard pyramid.
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