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1533 | England's King Henry VIII was excommunicated. |
1767 | John Quincy Adams, the sixth president of the United States, was born in Braintree, Mass. |
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1798 | The U.S. Marine Corps was created by an act of Congress. |
1804 | Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton in a pistol duel near Weehawken, N.J. |
1859 | Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time. |
1914 | Baseball Hall of Famer Babe Ruth made his major league debut as a pitcher for the Red Sox at Fenway Park in Boston. |
1952 | The Republican National Convention, meeting in Chicago, nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for president and Richard M. Nixon for vice president. |
1955 | The Air Force Academy was dedicated at Lowry Air Base in Colorado. |
1960 | "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, was published. |
1977 | The Medal of Freedom was awarded posthumously to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. in a White House ceremony. |
1979 | The abandoned U.S. space station Skylab returned to Earth, burning up in the atmosphere and showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia. |
1995 | The United States normalized relations with Vietnam. |
2007 | Former first lady Lady Bird Johnson died in Austin, Texas, at age 94. |
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HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY |
Today's Birthdays: |
Tennis player Caroline Wozniacki turns 24 years old today. |
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Name | Profession | Age |
Tab Hunter | Actor | 83 |
Jay Johnson | Ventriliquist, actor ("Soap") | 65 |
Leon Spinks | Boxer | 61 |
Richie Sambora | Rock musician (Bon Jovi) | 55 |
Suzanne Vega | Singer | 55 |
Lisa Rinna | Actress, TV host | 51 |
Greg Grunberg | Actor ("Heroes") | 48 |
Jeff Corwin | Wildlife expert | 47 |
Justin Chambers | Actor ("Grey's Anatomy") | 44 |
Lil' Kim | Rapper | 39 |
Ben Gibbard | Rock singer, musician (Death Cab for Cutie) | 38 |
Actress Sela Ward ("Once and Again," "Sisters") turns 58 years old today. |
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