1816 ~ Birthday of Charlotte Brontë, Author.

1838 ~ Birthday of John Muir, Naturalist.

1899 ~ Birthday of Randall Thompson, Composer.

1912 ~ The New York Giants and New York Yankees play an exhibition game to benefit survivors of the Titanic.

1915 ~ Birthday of Anthony Quinn, Actor

1918 ~ Manfred von Richthofen, the “Red Barron” lost in action.

1926 ~ Birthday of Elizabeth Windsor, Queen of England.

1960 ~ Brazil inaugurated its new capital, Brasilia, transferring the seat of national government from Rio de Janeiro.

1970 ~ Hutt River Province secedes from the Commonwealth of Australia.

1994 ~ The first discovery of extrasolar planets are announced by astronomer Alexander Wolszczan.

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