Events 867 - Adrian II becomes Pope 872 - John VIII becomes Pope 1287 - Zuider Zee sea wall collapses, killing over 50,000 people 1790 - Alexander Hamilton proposes creation of a Bank of the United States 1819 - Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state 1900 - Max Planck publishes his study of the quantum theory 1902 - First telegraph cable laid across the Pacific Ocean 1911 - First expedition reaches the South Pole, led by Roald Amundsen 1927 - Iraq gains independence from the United Kingdom 1939 - USSR expelled from the League of Nations 1946 - UN General Assembly votes to establish its headquarters in New York City 1947 - NASCAR founded 1964 - Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States 379 US 241 1964 decided by U.S. Supreme Court 1981 - Israel annexes the Golan Heights 2000 - The Texas 7 robs a Radio Shack in Pearland, Texas. They stole police scanners that would be used in their following infamous heist. 2003 - The news of the former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein's capture is finally announced. 2003 - Celebration of the reopening of the Fenice Theater in Venice, Italy. Births 1503 - Nostradamus, astrologer and mathematician († 1566) 1546 - Tycho Brahe, astronomer († 1601) 1640 (baptism date) - Aphra Behn, playwright, novelist († 1689) 1824 - Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, painter († 1898) 1866 - Roger Fry, artist, art critic 1870 - Karl Renner, politician and President of Austria 1945-1950 († 1950) 1896 - King George VI of the United Kingdom (+ 1952) 1896 - Jimmy Doolittle American World War II General († 1993) 1897 - Margaret Chase Smith, American politician 1902 - Frances Bavier, actress († 1989) 1908 - Morey Amsterdam, comedian, actor († 1996) 1909 - Edward Tatum, geneticist († 1975) 1911 - Spike Jones, comedian, musician († 1965) 1913 - Dan Dailey, actor (+ 1978) 1914 - Karl Carstens, politician and President of Germany 1979-1984 († 1992) 1919 - Shirley Jackson, writer († 1965) 1923 - Gerard Reve, Dutch writer 1932 - Charlie Rich, country music performer († 1995) 1935 - Lee Remick, actress († 1991) 1938 - Leonardo Boff, theologian 1939 - Ernie Davis, American football star († 1963) 1946 - Patty Duke, actress 1946 - Jane Birkin, actress 1946 - Michael Ovitz, film producer 1948 - Marianne Fritz, writer 1962 - Ginger Lynn Allen, pornographic film actress 1965 - Craig Biggio, baseball player 1979 - Michael Owen, football star Deaths 1542 - James V of Scotland 1788 - Charles III of Spain 1799 - George Washington, first President of the United States 1861 - Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria 1873 - Louis Agassiz, zoologist, geologist 1963 - Dinah Washington, singer 1964 - William Bendix, actor 1985 - Roger Maris, Baseball Hall of Famer 1989 - Andrei D. Sakharov, physicist, Soviet dissident 1990 - Friedrich Dürrenmatt, writer 1993 - Myrna Loy, actress 1998 - Norman Fell, actor Holidays and observances See Also: December 13 - December 15 - November 14 - January 14 -- listing of all days January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December\n
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