Friedrich Froebel 1782 - Teacher, author, toy maker, invented kindergarten in 1837, Charlotte Bronte 1816 - Author ("Jane Eyre," "The Professor"), Anthony Quinn 1915 - Actor ("Viva Zapata! [1952]," "The Guns of Navarone")
Elizabeth II (Elisabeth Mary) 1926 - Queen of the United Kingdom, Patti LuPone 1949 - Actress ("Evita", "Driving Miss Daisy"), Andie MacDowell (Rosalie Anderson) 1958 - Actress ("Groundhog Day", "St. Elmo’s Fire," "Four Weddings and a Funeral")
753 BC - Today is the traditional date of the foundation of Rome.
1649 - The Maryland Toleration Act was passed, allowing all freedom of worship.
1789 - John Adams was sworn in as the first U.S. Vice President.
1836 - General Sam Houston defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. This battle decided the independence of Texas.
1898 - The Spanish-American War began.
1918 - German fighter ace Manfred von Richthofen, "The Red Baron," was shot down and killed during World War I.
1943 - U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt announced that several Doolittle pilots had been executed by the Japanese.
1977 - "Annie" opened on Broadway.
1986 - Geraldo Rivera opened a vault that belonged to Al Capone at the Lexington Hotel in Chicago. Nothing of interest was found inside.
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