Upton Sinclair 1878, Dr. Joyce Brothers 1928, Sophia Loren 1934
1519 - Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan left Spain to find a route to the Spice Islands of Indonesia. Magellan was killed during the trip, but one of his ships eventually made the journey.
1881 - Chester A. Arthur became the 21st president of the U.S. President James A. Garfield had died the day before.
1953 - Jimmy Stewart debuted on the radio western "The Six Shooter" on NBC.
1962 - James Meredith, a black student, was blocked from enrolling at the University of Mississippi by Governor Ross R. Barnett. Meredith was later admitted.
1963 - U.S. President John F. Kennedy proposed a joint U.S.-Soviet expedition to the moon in a speech to the U.N. General Assembly.
1984 - "The Cosby Show" premiered on NBC-TV.
1992 - French voters approved the Maastricht Treaty.
1995 - The U.S. House of Representatives voted to drop the national speed limit. This allowed the states to decide their own speed limits.
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