Today is a Special Day

Today's Famous Birthdays

• 1770 – William Clark
• 1779 – Francis Scott Key
• 1819 – Herman Melville
• 1933 – Dom DeLuise
• 1936 – Yves Saint Laurent
• 1942 – Jerry Garcia
• 1956 – Tom Leykis
• 1963 – Coolio
• 1973 – Tempestt Bledsoe
• 1974 – Latthanapon Indharasophang
• 1981 – Ashley Angel

Today in History
1774 – Oxygen was isolated from air successfully by chemist, Carl Wilhelm, and scientist, Joseph Priestly.
1779 – Francis Scott Key was born. He was an American composer, attorney, poet, and social worker. He was the composer of the “Star-Spangled Banner.”
1834 – Slavery was outlawed in the British Empire with an emancipation bill.
1936 – Adolf Hitler presided over the Olympic games as they opened in Berlin.
1943 – Several deaths occurred in a race-related riot in Harlem, New York City.
1944 – In Warsaw, Poland, the first uprising against Nazi occupation began. The revolt only lasted two months.
1957 – The North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) was created by the United States and Canada.
1973 – The movie, American Graffiti, opened.
1974 – Latthanapon “Ponzi” Indharasophang was born.
1995 – Westinghouse Electric Corporation made a deal to buy CBS for $5.4 billion.
1998 – The U.S. books and music chain, Borders, opens its first European outlet with a 40,000-square-foot store on London's Oxford Street.
1998 – Sandra Crouch was ordained as pastor of her church. This was in spite of the ban on woman ministers by the Church of God in Christ.

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