Bela Lugosi (Blasko) 1882, Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay) 1905, Will Rogers, Jr. 1912
Art Buchwald 1925, Mickey Mantle (MLB) 1931, Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus) 1971
1774 - The new Continental Congress, the governing body of America’s colonies, passed an order proclaiming that all citizens of the colonies "discountenance and discourage all horse racing and all kinds of gaming, cock fighting, exhibitions of shows, plays and other expensive diversions and entertainment."
1803 - The U.S. Senate approved the Louisiana Purchase.
1818 - The U.S. and Great Britain established the boundary between the U.S. and Canada to be the 49th parallel.
1892 - The city of Chicago dedicated the World's Columbian Exposition.
1942 - Vichy Prime Minister Pierre Laval told the French labor that they must serve in Germany.
1947 - Hollywood came under scrutiny as the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence within the motion picture industry.
1952 - The Mau Mau uprising against white settlers began in Kenya.
1968 - Jackie Lee Bouvier Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis.
1993 - Attorney General Janet Reno warned the TV industry to limit the violence in their programs.
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