1495 ~ Friar John Cor recorded the first known batch of scotch whisky.

1780 ~ Birthday of Carl von Clausewitz, general.

1801 ~ Birthday of Brigham Young, Mormon church leader.

1829 ~ Captain James Stirling established the Swan River Colony in Western Australia.

1890 ~ The U.S. Census Bureau began using Herman Hollerith's tabulating machine to count census returns.

1926 ~ Birthday of Marilyn Monroe, Actress.

1928 ~ Birthday of Georgi Dobrovolski, Cosmonaut.

1938 ~ The first Superman comic was published.

1965 ~ Birthday of Nigel Short, British International Grand Master.

1980 ~ The Cable News Network began broadcasting.

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