This Day In History
- 1521 Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztec Indians.
- 1704 The Battle of Blenheim was fought during the War of the Spanish Succession, resulting in a victory for English and Austrian forces.
- 1784 The Continental Congress met for the final time in Annapolis, Maryland. It moved a few more times, from Philadelphia, PA to New York City and, finally, to its permanent seat of government in Washington, DC.
- 1818 Suffragist Lucy Stone was born in West Brookfield, Mass.
- 1889 William Gray of Hartford, CT patented the coin-operated telephone.
- 1899 Movie director Alfred Hitchcock was born in London.
- 1907 The first taxicab took to the streets of New York City.
- 1931 Elk City, Oklahoma dedicated its new community hospital. It was the first of its kind in the United States.
- 1932 Adolf Hitler rejected the post of vice-chancellor of Germany, saying he was prepared to hold out ''for all or nothing.''
- 1934 The comic strip ''Li'l Abner,'' created by Al Capp, made its debut.
- 1942 Walt Disney's animated feature ''Bambi'' premiered at Radio City Music Hall in New York.
- 1960 The first two-way telephone conversation by satellite took place with the help of Echo 1, a balloon satellite.
- 1981 President Ronald Reagan signed a historic package of tax and budget reductions in a ceremony at his California ranch .
- 1995 Baseball hall-of-famer Mickey Mantle died of liver cancer at age 63.
- 2003 Libya agreed to set up a $2.7 billion fund for families of 270 people killed in the 1988 Pan Am bombing.
- 1422 William Caxton (printer: 1st to print a book in English language: Recuyell of the Histories of Troy; died in 1491)
- 1818 Lucy Stone (women’s rights activist: member of first Woman’s Rights Convention [1850]; founded [w/husband]: American Suffrage Association; died Oct 18, 1893)
- 1860 Annie Oakley (Phoebe Anne Oakley Mozee) (sharpshooter, performer: Buffalo Bill’s Wild West Show; died Nov 3, 1926)
- 1895 Bert Lahr (Irving Lahrheim) (actor: The Wizard of Oz, Rose Marie, Ship Ahoy, The Night They Raided Minsky’s; died Dec 4, 1967)
- 1899 Alfred (Joseph) Hitchcock (‘The Master of Suspense’: director: Psycho, Vertigo, The Birds, Rear Window, Rebecca, To Catch a Thief, Frenzy, Notorious, Suspicion, The Thirty-Nine Steps; TV host: Alfred Hitchcock Presents; died Apr 29, 1980)
- 1912 Ben Hogan (golf champion: Masters [1951, 1953], U.S. Open [1948, 1950, 1951, 1953], British Open [1953], PGA [1946, 1948]; died July 25, 1997)
- 1926 Fidel Castro (Ruz) (Cuban guerrilla/dictator)
- 1929 Pat Harrington (Emmy Award-winning comedian, actor: One Day at a Time [1983-84]; The Jack Paar Show, The Steve Allen Show, Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, The Danny Thomas Show)
- 1930 Don Ho (singer: Tiny Bubbles; Waikiki entertainer, host: The Don Ho Show)
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