This Day In History
- 1792 Kentucky entered the United States of America as the 15th state.
- 1796 Tennessee joined the United States of America as the 16th state.
- 1801 Mormon leader Brigham Young was born in Whitingham, Vt.
- 1813 The Navy gained its motto as the mortally wounded commander of the frigate Chesapeake, Capt. James Lawrence, said, ''Don't give up the ship'' during a losing battle with a British frigate.
- 1868 James Buchanan, the 15th president of the United States, died near Lancaster, Pa., at age 77.
- 1926 Actress Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jeane Mortensen in Los Angeles.
- 1958 Charles de Gaulle became premier of France.
- 1967 The Beatles released their landmark album, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band."
- 1977 The Soviet Union charged Jewish human rights activist Anatoly Shcharansky with treason.
- 1980 Cable News Network made its debut.
- 1997 Betty Shabazz, the widow of Malcolm X, was fatally burned in a fire set by her 12-year-old grandson in her Yonkers, N.Y., apartment.
- 2001 A suicide bomber attacked a Tel Aviv nightclub, killing 21 Israelis.
- 2001 The king, queen and seven other members of Nepal's royal family were slain by Crown Prince Dipendra, who then mortally wounded himself.
- 1796 Sadi Nicolas Léonard Carnot (physicist: pioneer in thermodynamics: discovered the 2nd law of thermodynamics; died Aug 24, 1832)
- 1801 Brigham Young (Mormon church leader: led thousands across the wilderness to settle in over 300 U.S. western towns; survived by 17 wives and 47 children; died Aug 28, 1877)
- 1926 Andy Griffith (actor: The Andy Griffith Show, Matlock, A Face in the Crowd, No Time for Sergeants, From Here to Eternity; comedian: comedy record: Make Yourself Comfortable)
- 1926 Marilyn Monroe (Norma Jean Baker Mortenson)
- 1934 Pat Boone (Charles Eugene Boone)
- 1937 Morgan Freeman (actor)
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