1997 FBI agent Earl Pitts pleads guilty to selling secrets to Russia

1997 Smokers must prove they are over 18 to purchase cigarettes in US

1998 "View From the Bridge," closes at Criterion Theater NYC

1998 Vancouver Canucks Mark Messier is 4th NHLer to get 1,600 points

2000 A 6.8 earthquake shook the Pacific Northwest resulting in injuries and over 1 billion dollars damage.

1759 Pope Clement XIII grants permission for the Bible to be translated into the languages of the Roman Catholic states

1854 The Republican Party is formally organized

1912 First ever parachute jump from an airplane

1948 The last British troops leave India

1959 The first polar orbiting satellite, Discoverer 1, launched

1971 Women refused the right to vote in Lichtenstein elections

1972 President Richard Nixon wraps up his historic trip to China

1974 The United States and Egypt re-establish diplomatic relations after a seven-year break

1986 Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme is shot to death

1991 The Gulf War ends as Iraq orders its army to stop fighting

1533 The birth of Michele de Montaigne, French philosopher

1893 The birth of Ben Hecht, American writer

1895 The birth of Marcel Pagnol, French writer

1909 The birth of Linus Pauling, American chemist and physicist

1909 The birth of Stephen Spender, English poet

1910 The birth of Vincente Minelli, Italian director

1915 The birth of Sir Peter Medawar, English immunologist

1917 The birth of John B Connally, Texas Governor who was shot with JFK

1923 The birth of Charles Durning, Actor

1929 The birth of Frank O. Gehry, American architect

1931 The birth of Dean Smith, Coach, UNC Chapel Hill Tar Heels (1976-1997)

1939 The birth of Tommy Tune, Tony Award-winning dancer and actor

1940 The birth of Mario Andretti, Race-car driver

1944 The birth of Bernadette Peters, Actress

1962 The birth of Rae Dawn Chong, Actress

1971 The birth of Tristan Louis, Internet entrepreneur (me)

2007 The New Horizons space probe makes a gravitational slingshot against Jupiter which changes its trajectory towards Pluto.

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