This Day In History
- 1215 King John put his seal to Magna Carta at Runnymede, England, granting his barons more liberty.
- 1775 The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army.
- 1836 Arkansas became the 25th state.
- 1844 Charles Goodyear received a patent for a process to strengthen rubber.
- 1846 The United States and Britain signed a treaty settling a boundary dispute between Canada and the United States in the Pacific Northwest.
- 1849 James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn., at age 53.
- 1864 Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground, which became Arlington National Cemetery.
- 1978 King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.
- 1992 Vice President Dan Quayle erroneously instructed a Trenton, N.J., elementary school student to spell potato as ''potatoe'' during a spelling bee.
- 1993 Former Texas Gov. John Connally died at age 76.
- 1994 Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.
- 1995 During his murder trial, O.J. Simpson struggled to don a pair of gloves that prosecutors said were worn by the killer of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
- 1996 Singer Ella Fitzgerald died at age 79.
- 2003 A jury in Houston convicted accounting firm Arthur Andersen of obstruction of justice.
- 1767 Rachel Jackson (Donelson Robards) (U.S. First Lady, wife of 7th President Andrew Jackson; died Dec 22, 1828)
- 1922 Morris (King) Udall (politician: U.S. Congressman from Arizona; died Dec 12, 1998)
- 1932 Mario Cuomo (politician: governor: state of New York)
- 1954 Jim Belushi (actor: Saturday Night Live)
- 1963 Helen (Elizabeth) Hunt (Academy Award-winning actress)
- 1964 Courteney Cox (actress: Friends)
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