Discovery Day (Puerto Rico)
Born 1752: George Rogers Clark (military leader)
1794: Jay's Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain signed
Died 1828: Franz Schubert (composer)
Born 1831: James Garfield (20th U.S. president)
1863: President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address
1869: Hudson Bay Co. ceded territory to Canada
1873: "Boss" Tweed sentenced to 12 years in prison, New York City
Died 1887: Emma Lazarus (poet)
Born 1905: Tommy Dorsey (musician)
Born 1921: Roy Campanella (baseball player)
1928: Five-year old TIME magazine presented a cover portrait for the first time
Born 1933: Larry King (radio & television personality)
Born 1936: Dick Cavett (talk show host)
Born 1938: Ted Turner (businessman)
Born 1942: Calvin Klein (fashion designer)
Born 1956: Eileen Collins (astronaut)
1957: Leonard Bernstein appointed Music Director of the New York Philharmonic
1959: Ford Motor Co. discontinued the Edsel
Born 1961: Meg Ryan (actress)
Born 1962: Jodie Foster (actress)
1969: Pele, Brazilian soccer star, scores his 1000th goal, at Maracana Stadium, Rio de Janiero.
Died 1976: Sir Basil Spence (architect)
1999: John Carpenter became the first contestant to win $1,000,000 on the game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire



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