Jack Anderson 1922, John le Carre 1931, Peter Max 1937
John Lithgow 1945, Jeannie C. Riley 1945, Jennifer Holliday 1960
1781 - British General Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered to U.S. General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia. It was to be the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War.
1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte's French forces began their retreat out of Russia after a month of chasing the retreating Russian army.
1814 - In Baltimore, MD, the first documented performance of "The Defence of Fort McHenry" with music took place at the Holliday Street Theatre. The work was later published under the title "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1937 - "Woman's Day" was published for the first time.
1951 - U.S. President Truman singed an act officially ending the state of war with Germany.
1951?!!
1969 - U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew referred to anti-Vietnam War protesters "an effete corps of impudent snobs."
1983 - The U.S. Senate approved a bill establishing a national holiday in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.
1987 - The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 508 points. It was the worst one-day percentage decline, 22.6%, in history.
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