Giovanni Casanova 1725 - Writer, philanderer, Hans Christian Andersen 1805 - Author ("The Ugly Duckling"), Emile Zola 1840 - Novelist
Walter Chrysler 1875 - Auto manufacturer (Chrysler Corporation), Buddy Ebsen 1908 - Actor ("The Beverly Hillbillies", "Barnaby Jones"), Sir Alec Guinness (Alec Guinness de Cuffe) 1914 - Actor ("Bridge Over River Kwai", "A Passage to India", "The Empire Strikes Back", "Star Wars")
Jack Webb (John Randolf) 1920 - Director, actor, Sir Jack Brabham - Auto racer, Marvin Gaye, Jr. 1939 - Singer ("I Heard It Through The Grapevine")
1513 - Spanish explorer Juan Ponce de Leon sighted Florida. The next day he went ashore.
1889 - Charles Hall patented aluminum.
1917 - U.S. President Woodrow Wilson presented a declaration of war against Germany to the U.S. Congress.
1935 - Sir Watson-Watt was granted a patent for RADAR.
1956 - "The Edge of Night" and "As the World Turns" debuted on CBS-TV.
1972 - Burt Reynolds appeared nude in "Cosmopolitan" magazine.
1982 - Argentina invaded the British-owned Falkland Islands. The following June Britain took the islands back.
1992 - Mob boss John Gotti was convicted in New York of murder and racketeering. He was later sentenced to life in prison.
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