Sean Penn 1960 - Actor, screenwriter, director
- 1790 - The capital city of the U.S. moved to Philadelphia from New York City.
- 1863 - Federal batteries and ships bombarded Fort Sumter in Charleston, SC, harbor during the Civil War.
- 1896 - The Klondike gold rush was set off by George Carmack discovering gold on Rabbit Creek in Alaska.
- 1915 - Charles F. Kettering received a patent for the first electric ignition device.
- 1961 - The Communist East German government completed the construction of the Berlin Wall.
- 1996 - Ross Perot was announced to be the Reform Party's presidential candidate. It was the party's first-ever candidate.
- 1998 - U.S. President Clinton admitted to having an improper relationship with Monica Lewinsky, a White House intern.
No comments:
Post a Comment