Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh 1531 - Apparition of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Mexico City 1787 - Pennsylvania becomes the second state to ratify the United States Constitution 1870 - Joseph H. Rainey of South Carolina becomes the first black U.S. congressman 1897 - The city of Belo Horizonte is founded. 1900 - US Steel formed 1901 - First radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean by Guglielmo Marconi 1913 - Mona Lisa recovered in Florence, two years after it was stolen 1917 - In Nebraska, Father Edward J. Flanagan founds Boys Town as a farm village for wayward boys (in 1979 it was opened to girls as well). 1925 - Reza Pahlavi takes control of Iran as Shah 1941 - United States seizes French ship Normandie 1963 - Kenya gains its independence from the United Kingdom 1969 - Strage di Piazza Fontana in Italy 1979 - Rhodesia changes its name to Zimbabwe 1985 - An Arrow Air DC-8 crashes after takeoff in Gander, Newfoundland killing 256, including 248 members of the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division 1996 - Uday Hussein is seriously injured in an assassination attempt 2003 - Paul Martin, Jr is sworn-in as the 21st Prime Minister of Canada Births 1574 - Anne of Denmark, consort of James I of England. 1745 - John Jay, United States Supreme Court justice. († 1829) 1805 - William Lloyd Garrison, abolitionist. 1806 - Stand Watie, Confederate general, Cherokee leader († 1871) 1821 - Gustave Flaubert, French writer († 1880). 1863 - Edvard Munch, Norwegian painter († 1944). 1892 - Liesl Karlstadt, actress along with Karl Valentin († 1960). 1892 - Herman Potočnik Noordung, Slovene pioneer of astronautics and cosmonautics, and rocket engineer († 1929). 1893 - Edward G. Robinson, actor († 1973) 1905 - Mànes Sperber, writer († 1984). 1914 - Patrick O'Brian, British author († 2000) 1915 - Frank Sinatra, American singer and actor († 1998) 1918 - Joe Williams, singer († 1999) 1919 - Hermann Neuberger, sports official († 1992). 1923 - Bob Barker, game show host, television personality 1924 - Ed Koch, former mayor of New York City. 1927 - Robert Noyce, American inventor. 1927 - Honor Blackman, actress 1929 - John Osborne, British dramatist († 1994). 1932 - Bob Pettit, basketball star 1934 - Miguel de la Madrid, President of Mexico 1938 - Connie Francis, American singer 1940 - Dionne Warwick, American singer. 1943 - Dickie Betts, musician (The Allman Brothers). 1943 - Grover Washington Jr, musician († 1999) 1952 - Cathy Rigby, gymnast, actress. 1957 - Sheila E, musician 1969 - Andrey Spasibozhko, web engineer (Chelyabinsk, Russia) Deaths 884 - Carloman, King of the West Franks 1894 - Sir John Thompson, fourth Prime Minister of Canada 1929 - Charles Goodnight, cattle baron 1939 - Douglas Fairbanks, American actor. 1968 - Tallulah Bankhead, actress 1971 - David Sarnoff, radio and television pioneer 1994 - Stuart Roosa, Apollo Astronaut 1996 - Vance Packard, American author on media manipulation 1999 - Joseph Heller, American author. 2001 - Jean Richard, French actor. 2003 - Geidar Aliev, former President of Azerbaijan (80 years) Holidays and observances Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Masá'il (Questions) - First day of the 15th month of the Bahá'í Calendar Roman Catholic - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe United Nations - Digital Solidarity Day See Also: December 11 - December 13 - November 12 - January 12 -- listing of all days January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December\n
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