This Day In History
- 1521 Martin Luther was declared an outlaw and his writings were banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs.
- 1805 Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy.
- 1868 The impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal as the Senate fell one vote short of the two-thirds majority required for conviction.
- 1913 The Actors' Equity Association was organized.
- 1940 The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.
- 1977 George H. Willig scaled the outside of the south tower of New York's World Trade Center; he was arrested at the top of the 110-story building.
- 1978 The first legal casino in the eastern United States opened in Atlantic City, N.J.
- 1981 A Marine jet crashed onto the flight deck of the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz off Florida, killing 14 people.
- 1994 President Clinton renewed trade privileges for China, and announced his administration would no longer link China's trade status with its human rights record.
- 1994 Pop star Michael Jackson and Lisa Marie Presley were married in the Dominican Republic.
- 1998 The Supreme Court ruled that Ellis Island historic gateway for millions of immigrants is mainly in New Jersey, not New York.
- 2002 Barges being pushed by a towboat crashed into the piers of the Interstate 40 bridge in Oklahoma, causing part of the structure to fall into the Arkansas River; 14 people were killed.
- 1886 Al Jolson
- 1907 John ‘Duke’ Wayne (Marion Morrison)
- 1923 James Arness (Aurness) (actor: Gunsmoke)
- 1949 Hank Williams Jr.
- 1951 Sally Ride (astronaut: 1st American woman in space: Challenger shuttle [1983])
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