Alexander Graham Bell 1847, Matthew Ridgway 1895, Jean Harlow 1911
James Doohan 1920, David Faustino 1974 - Actor ("Married With Children"), Jessica Biel 1982 - Actress ("7th Heaven")
1812 - The U.S. Congress passed the first foreign aid bill.
1857 - Britain and France declared war on China.
1903 - In St. Louis, MO, Barney Gilmore was arrested for spitting.
1903 - The U.S. imposed a $2 head tax on immigrants.
1923 - The first issue of Time magazine was published.
1931 - The "Star Spangled Banner," written by Francis Scott Key, was adopted as the American national anthem. The song was originally a poem known as "Defense of Fort McHenry."
1952 - The U.S. Supreme Court upheld New York's Feinberg Law that banned Communist teachers in the U.S.
1991 - Rodney King was severely beaten by Los Angeles police officers. The scene was captured on amateur video. (California)
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