1748 ~ The English Naturalization Act passed granting Jews right to colonize in the U.S.

1821 ~ Birthday of Sir Richard Burton, Traveler, Linguist, and Anthropologist.

1848 ~ Birthday of Wyatt Earp, Gunslinger.

1859 ~ The opera ‘Faust’ by Charles Gounod premiered in Paris.

1900 ~ Archeologist Arthur Evans began the excavation of Knossos Palace in Crete.

1906 ~ Birthday of Adolph Eichmann, Nazi War Criminal.

1928 ~ Birthday of Hans Kung, Roman Catholic theologian.

1947 ~ Birthday of Glenn Close, Actress (The World According to Garp, Dangerous Liaisons).

1970 ~ The leaders of East and West Germany met for the first time since the country was divided in 1949.

2001 ~ California officials declared a power alert and ordered the first of two days of rolling blackouts.

__________________
Eudaimonia