Joseph Priestley 1733, Lorenzo Delmonico 1813, L. Ron Hubbard 1911
Neil Sedaka 1939 - Singer, songwriter, William H. Macy 1950 - Actor, Dana Delany 1956 - Actress ("China Beach")
1781 - Sir William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus.
1852 - The New York "Lantern" newspaper published the first "Uncle Sam cartoon". It was drawn by Frank Henry Bellew.
1877 - Chester Greenwood patented the earmuff.
1930 - It was announced that the planet Pluto had been discovered by scientist Clyde Tombaugh at the Lowell Observatory.
1941 - Adolf Hitler issued an edict calling for an invasion of the U.S.S.R.
1957 - Jimmy Hoffa was arrested by the FBI on bribery charges.
1974 - The U.S. Senate voted 54-33 to restore the death penalty.
1991 - Exxon paid $1 billion in fines and for the clean-up of the Alaskan oil spill.
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