Birth anniversary of American poet Robert Frost (1874-1963): “One could do worse than be a swinger of birches.”
Birth anniversary of playwright Tennessee Williams (1911-83).
Birth anniversary of nurse, teacher, DSM recipient Jane Delano (1862-1919).
Happy Birthday! James Caan, Kenny Chesney, Leonard Nimoy, Nancy Pelosi, Diana Ross, Bob Woodward
1885 - Eastman Kodak (Eastman Dry Plate and Film Co.) produced the first commercial motion picture film in Rochester, NY.
1909 - Russian troops invaded Persia to support Muhammad Ali as shah in place of the constitutional government.
1910 - The U.S. Congress passed an amendment to the 1907 Immigration Act that barred criminals, paupers, anarchists and carriers of disease from settling in the U.S.
1937 - Spinach growers in Crystal City, TX, erected a statue of Popeye.
1938 - Herman Goering warned all Jews to leave Austria.
1942 - The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland.
1945 - The battle of Iwo Jima ended.
1953 - Dr. Jonas Salk announced a new vaccine that would prevent poliomyelitis.
1971 - Sheikh Mujibur Rahman declared East Pakistan to be the independent republic of Bangladesh.
1973 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat took over the premiership and said "the stage of total confrontation (with Israel) has become inevitable."
1979 - The Camp David treaty was signed by Israel and Egypt that ended the 31-year state of war between the countries.
1982 - Ground breaking ceremonies were held in Washington, DC, for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
1989 - The first free elections took place in the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin was elected.
1995 - Seven of the 15 European Union states abolished border controls.
1996 - The International Monetary Fund approved a $10.2 billion loan for Russia to help the country transform its economy.
1997 - The 39 bodies of Heaven's Gate members are found in a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The group had committed suicide thinking that they would be picked up by a spaceship following behind the comet Hale-Bopp.
1999 - In Michigan, Dr. Jack Kevorkian was convicted of second-degree murder for giving a terminally ill man a lethal injection and putting it all on videotape on September 17, 1998 for "60 Minutes."
2000 - In Russia, acting President Vladimir Putin was elected president outright. He won a sufficient number of votes to avoid a runoff election.
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