EVENTS
- 1690 – The clarinet is invented.
- 1724 – King Philip V of Spain abdicates the throne.
- 1784 – The Treaty of Paris was ratified to end the American Revolutionary War. The treaty was signed on 9/3/1783.
- 1943 – President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill met at Casablanca in Morocco to work on strategy during World War II. At the conclusion of the conference, Roosevelt and Churchill held a joint news conference at which Roosevelt surprisingly announced that peace would come “by the total elimination of German and Japanese war power. That means the unconditional surrender of Germany, Italy and Japan.”
- 1951 – The NFL has its first Pro Bowl Game.
- 1952 – The Today Show premieres on NBC.
- 1953 – Tito becomes President of Yugoslavia. The authoritarian leader became a unifying symbol in his country and is still known by many today.
- 1954 – Marilyn Monroe weds Joe DiMaggio.
- 1967 – The Summer of Love is launched with the Human Be-In. San Francisco was the epicenter of the Hippie Revolution, which soon influenced cultures around the world.
- 1985 – Martina Navratilova wins her 100th tennis tournament.
- 2005 – The European Huygens space probe lands on Saturn’s moon Titan. It was the first ever landing in the outer solar system.
BIRTHDAYS
- 83 B.C. – Mark Antony (Roman Leader)
- 1741 – Benedict Arnold (US Revolutionary War Traitor)
- 1875 – Albert Schweitzer (philosopher and physician)
- 1892 – American film pioneer Hal Roach (1892-1992) was born in Elmira, New York. His output included nearly 1,000 movies of all lengths, including the classic “Laurel and Hardy” comedies.
- 1919 – Andy Rooney (Jouralist from 60 Minutes)
- 1941 – Faye Dunaway (Actress)
- 1950 – Rambhadracharya (Indian religious leader)
- 1963 – Steven Soderbergh (American director, screenwriter, producer)
- 1968 – LL Cool J (Rapper)
- 1969 – Jason Bateman (Actor)
- 1969 – Dave Grohl (American singer-songwriter, musician, director)
DEATHS
- 1898 – Lewis Carroll (English author)
- 1901 – Mandell Creighton (English bishop, historian)
- 1957 – Humphrey Bogart (American actor)
- 1977 – Anthony Eden (British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom)
- 2016 – Alan Rickman (English actor)