Drew Carey 1958 - Actor, game show host
- 1533 - Henry VIII’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon was declared null and void.
- 1618 - The Thirty Years War began when three opponents of the Reformation were thrown through a window.
- 1785 - Benjamin Franklin wrote in a letter that he had invented bifocals.
- 1846 - Arabella Mansfield (Belle Aurelia Babb) was born. She was the first woman in the U.S. to pass the bar exam, though she never used her law degree.
- 1879 - The first U.S. veterinary school was established by Iowa State University.
- 1900 - Civil War hero Sgt. William H. Carney became the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor, 37 years after the Battle of Fort Wagner.
- 1934 - In Bienville Parish, LA, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were ambushed and killed by Texas Rangers. The bank robbers were riding in a stolen Ford Deluxe.
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