Birth anniversaries of labor leader Cesar Chavez (1927-93), philosopher Rene Descartes (1596-1650), and Russian author Nikolai Gogol (1809-52)
Happy Birthday! Herb Alpert, Richard Chamberlain, Christopher Walken
1492 - King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain issued the Alhambra edict expelling Jews who were unwilling to convert to Christianity. 
1880 - Wabash, IN, became the first town to be completely illuminated with electric light.
1889 - In Paris, the Eiffel Tower officially opened.
1906 - The Intercollegiate Athletic Association of the United States was founded to set rules in amateur sports. The organization became the National Collegiate Athletic Association in 1910.
1918 - For the first time in the U.S., Daylight Saving Time went into effect.
1932 - The Ford Motor Co. debuted its V-8 engine.
1939 - Britain and France agreed to support Poland if Germany threatened invasion.
1949 - Winston Churchill declared that the A-bomb was the only thing that kept the U.S.S.R. from taking over Europe.
1959 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) began exile by crossing the border into India where he was granted political asylum. Gyatso was the 14th Daila Lama.
1980 - U.S. President Carter deregulated the banking industry.
1985 - ABC-TV aired the 200th episode of "The Love Boat."
1998 - U.N. Security Council imposed arms embargo on Yugoslavia.
1999 - Fabio was hit in the face by a bird during a promotional ride of a new roller coaster at the Busch Gardens theme park in Williamsburg, VA. Fabio received a one-inch cut across his nose.
2004 - Air America Radio launched five stations around the U.S.
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