This Day In History
- 1776 Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War.
- 1789 Congress authorized the office of Postmaster-General.
- 1792 The French Republic was proclaimed.
- 1927 Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the ''long-count'' fight in Chicago.
- 1949 The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
- 1958 Sherman Adams, assistant to President Dwight D. Eisenhower, resigned amid charges of improperly using his influence to help an industrialist.
- 1964 The musical ''Fiddler on the Roof'' opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances.
- 1969 Willie Mays of the San Francisco Giants hit his 600th career home run during a game in San Diego.
- 1975 Sara Jane Moore failed in an attempt to shoot President Gerald R. Ford outside a San Francisco hotel.
- 1980 The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.
- 1988 The government of Canada apologized for the World War II internment of Japanese-Canadians and promised compensation.
- 1989 Songwriter Irving Berlin died in New York City at age 101.
- 1995 Time Warner struck a $7.5 billion deal to buy Turner Broadcasting System Inc.
- 1791 Michael Faraday (chemist/physicist: early experiments w/electricity; died Aug 25, 1867)
- 1902 John Houseman (Jacques Haussmann) (Academy Award-winning actor: The Paper Chase [1973]; died Oct 31, 1988)
- 1956 Debby Boone (Grammy Award-winning singer: Best New Artist [1977], You Light Up My Life [1977], With My Song I Will Praise Him [1980], Keep the Flame Burning [w/Phil Driscoll 1984]; group: The Boone Family; daughter of singers Pat and Shirley Boone)
- 1961 Scott Baio (actor: Happy Days, Joanie Loves Chachi)
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