Sarah J. Hale 1788 - She wrote the poem "Mary Had A Little Lamb.", Moss Hart 1904, J.P. Richardson (The Big Bopper) 1930
Bill Wyman (Rolling Stones) 1936, F. Murray Abraham 1939, Kevin Kline 1947
1632 - Scientist Anthony van Leeuwenhoek was born in Delft, Holland. He created the first microscope lenses that were powerful enough to observe single-celled animals.
1795 - The country of Poland was divided up between Austria, Prussia, and Russia.
1929 - In the U.S., investors dumped more than 13 million shares on the stock market. The day is known as "Black Thursday."
1945 - The United Nations (UN) was formally established less than a month after the end of World War II. The Charter was ratified by China, France, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, the United States and by a majority of other signatories.
1948 - The term "cold war" was used for the first time. It was in a speech by Bernard Baruch before the Senate War Investigating Committee.
1969 - Richard Burton bought his wife Elizabeth Taylor a 69-carat Cartier diamond ring for $1.5 million. Burton presented the ring to Taylor several days later.
2001 - The U.S. House of Representatives approved legislation that gave police the power to secretly search homes, tap all of a person's telephone conversation and track people's use of the Internet.
2003 - In London, the last commercial supersonic Concorde flight landed.
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