This Day In History
1777: George
Washington defeats the British under Lord Cornwallis at Princeton, NJ.
1959: Alaska is admitted to the Union
as the 49th state.
1961: The United States severs diplomatic relations with Cuba.
1990: Panama's Manuel Noriega surrenders to U.S. officials, after having taken refuge in the
Vatican mission following the U.S.
troop invasion.
1993: Pres.
George Bush and Russian Pres. Boris Yeltsin sign the START II disarmament pact.
2004: An unmanned
NASA spacecraft touches down on Mars and begins transmitting detailed pictures
back to Earth.
2006: Republican
lobbyist Jack Abramoff pleads guilty to three felony counts of conspiracy to
bribe public officials, fraud, and tax evasion, and promises to cooperate with
an investigation into his dealings with members of Congress.
Today's Birthdays
1793: Lucretia
Mott, women's rights leader and abolitionist (Nantucket, MA; died 1880)
1883: Clement
Attlee, British prime minister (London, England; died 1967)
1892: J. R. R.
Tolkien, fantasy writer and philologist (Bloemfontein, South Africa; died 1973)
1897: Marion
Davies, actress (Brooklyn, NY; died 1961)
1907: Ray
Milland, actor (Neath, Glamorganshire, Wales; died 1986)
1909: Victor
Borge, pianist and comedian (Copenhagen,
Denmark; died
2000)
1911: John
Sturges, director of action films (Oak Park, IL; died 1992)
1916: Maxene
Andrews, member of the Andrews Sisters singing group (Minneapolis, MN; died
1995)
1926: Joan Walsh
Anglund, children's illustrator (Hinsdale,
IL)
1929: Sergio
Leone, film director known for "spaghetti westerns" (Rome, Italy;
died 1989)
1930: Robert
Loggia, actor (New York, NY)
1932: Dabney
Coleman, actor (Austin, TX)
1939: Bobby Hull,
hockey player (Point Anne, Ontario, Canada)
1945: Stephen
Stills, singer/songwriter/musician (Dallas,
TX)
1950: Victoria
Principal, actress (Fukuoka,
Japan)
1956: Mel Gibson,
actor/director (Peekskill, NY)
1969: Michael
Schumacher, auto racer (Hurth-Hermuhlheim,
Germany)
