This Day In History
- 1759 During the final French and Indian War, the British defeated the French on the Plains of Abraham overlooking Quebec City.
- 1789 The United States Government took out its first loan. The money was borrowed from the Bank of North America at 6% interest. The national debt has grown a little over the years. Americans now owe about $65,000 each, as their share of the debt.
- 1788 The Congress of the Confederation authorized the first national election and declared New York City the temporary national capital.
- 1943 Chiang Kai-shek became president of China.
- 1948 Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Maine was elected to the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman to serve in both houses of Congress.
- 1949 The Ladies Professional Golf Association of America was formed in New York City.
- 1971 A four-day inmates' rebellion at the Attica Correctional Facility in upstate New York ended as police and guards stormed the prison; the ordeal and final assault claimed 43 lives.
- 1989 Fay Vincent was named commissioner of Major League Baseball, succeeding the late A. Bartlett Giamatti.
- 1996 Rapper Tupac Shakur died at a Las Vegas hospital six days after he was wounded in a drive-by shooting; he was 25.
- 1997 Funeral services were held in Calcutta, India, for Nobel peace laureate Mother Teresa.
- 1998 Former Alabama Gov. George C. Wallace died at age 79.
- 1998 NBC's ''Frasier'' won a record fifth consecutive Emmy as TV's best comedy series.
- 1999 An explosion devastated an eight-story apartment building in Moscow, killing at least 118 people.
- 2000 Former Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee pleaded guilty in Albuquerque, N.M., to one count of mishandling nuclear secrets; he was set free with an apology from U.S. District Judge James Parker.
- 2001 Secretary of State Colin Powell named Osama bin Laden as the prime suspect in the terror attacks on the United States; limited commercial flights resumed for the first time in two days.
- 1851 Dr. Walter Reed (army doctor, medical pioneer: yellow fever research; Walter Reed Army Hospital [Bethesda MD] named in his honor; died Nov 23, 1902)
- 1857 Milton S. (Snavely) Hershey (candy tycoon: founder of the Hershey Chocolate Company, makers of the ‘Great American Chocolate Bar’ -- or Hershey Bar; died Oct 13, 1945)
- 1860 John (Joseph) Pershing (U.S. General: Pershing tank named for him; died July 15, 1948)
- 1903 Claudette Colbert (Lily Claudette Chauchoin) (Academy Award-winning actress)
- 1931 Barbara Bain (Millie Fogel) (Emmy Award-winning actress: Mission Impossible [1966-67, 1967-68])
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