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On this day for the United States
Events
1803 - The
Supreme Court of the United States , in
Marbury v. Madison , establishes the principle of
judicial review .
1831 - The
Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek , the first removal treaty in accordance with the
Indian Removal Act , is proclaimed. The
Choctaws in
Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
1839 -
William Otis receives a
patent for the
steam shovel .
1863 -
Arizona is organized as a
United States territory .
1868 - The first
parade to have floats is staged at
Mardi Gras in
New Orleans .
1868 -
Andrew Johnson becomes the first President of the United States to be
impeached by the
United States House of Representatives . He is later acquitted in the
Senate .
1893 - The
American University is chartered by an act of the Congress of the United States of America.
1899 -
Western Washington University is established.
1909 - The
Hudson Motor Car Company is founded.
1917 - World War I: The U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom is given the
Zimmermann Telegram , in which Germany pledges to ensure the return of
New Mexico ,
Texas , and
Arizona to Mexico if that country declares war on the United States.
1925 - A
thermite (
magnesium ) bomb is used for the first time to break up a 250,000-ton ice jam clogging the
St. Lawrence River near
Waddington, New York .
1938 - A
nylon -bristle
toothbrush becomes the first commercial product (
DuPont ) to be made with nylon yarn.
1968 -
Vietnam War : The
Tet Offensive is halted;
South Vietnam recaptures
Hué .
1970 -
National Public Radio is founded in the United States.
1983 - A special commission of the
U.S. Congress releases a report that condemns the practice of
Japanese internment during World War II.
1989 -
United Airlines Flight 811 , bound for New Zealand from
Honolulu , rips open during flight, sucking 9 passengers out of the business-class section.
1995 - The
Corona
reconnaissance satellite program, in existence from
1959 to
1972 , is declassified.
1999 - The State of
Arizona executes
Karl LaGrand , a German national involved in an armed robbery, in spite of Germany's legal action to attempt to save him.
Births
1836 -
Winslow Homer , American artist (d.
1910 )
1874 -
Honus Wagner , American baseball player (d.
1955 )
1885 -
Chester Nimitz , U.S. admiral (d.
1966 )
1890 -
Marjorie Main , American actress (d.
1975 )
1909 -
August Derleth , American writer (d.
1971 )
1914 -
Zachary Scott , American actor (d.
1965 )
1919 -
Árpád Bogsch , Hungarian turned American international civil servant (d.
2004 )
1921 -
Abe Vigoda , American actor
1921 -
Douglass Watson , American actor (d.
1989 )
1922 -
Steven Hill , American actor
1923 -
David Soyer , American cellist
1926 -
John Gunther Dean , American diplomat
1928 -
Barbara Lawrence , American actress
1931 -
Dominic Chianese , American actor
1933 -
Judah Folkman , American cancer researcher
1938 -
James Farentino , American actor
1938 -
Phil Knight , American sportswear manufacturer
1940 -
Pete Duel , American actor (d.
1971 )
1941 -
Joanie Sommers , American singer and actress
1942 -
Joe Lieberman , American politician
1943 -
Terry Semel , American business executive
1945 -
Barry Bostwick , American actor
1947 -
Edward James Olmos , American actor
1951 -
Debra Jo Rupp , American actress
1955 -
Steve Jobs , American computer pioneer
1956 -
Paula Zahn , American journalist
1956 -
Eddie Murray , American baseball player
1958 -
Sammy Kershaw , American musician
1959 -
Beth Broderick , American actress
1962 -
Michelle Shocked , American musician
1962 -
Teri Weigel , American pornography actress
1964 -
Todd Field , American actor and film director
1966 -
Billy Zane , American actor
1968 -
Mitch Hedberg , American comedian (d.
2005 )
1970 -
Jeff Garcia , American football player
1970 -
Jonathan Ward , American television and movie actor
1970 -
Kienast quintuplets , American quintuplets
1973 -
Chris Fehn , American percussionist (
Slipknot )
1974 -
Chad Hugo , American musician and producer (
The Neptunes )
1976 -
Matt Skiba , American musician (
Alkaline Trio ,
Heavens )
1976 -
Eric Griffin , American rock guitarist
1976 -
Crista Flanagan , American television comedian
1977 -
Bronson Arroyo , American baseball player
1978 -
John Nolan , American musician (
Straylight Run )
1982 -
Nick Blackburn , American baseball player
1984 -
Corey Graves , American professional wrestler
1989 -
Kosta Koufos , American-Greek basketball player
Deaths
1815 -
Robert Fulton , American inventor (b.
1765 )
1914 -
Joshua Chamberlain ,
Civil War hero for the Union on
Little Round Top at the
Battle of Gettysburg
1970 -
Conrad Nagel , American actor (b.
1897 )
1982 -
Virginia Bruce , America actress and singer (b.
1910 )
1989 -
Sparky Adams , American baseball player (b.
1894 )
1990 -
Tony Conigliaro , American baseball player (b.
1945 )
1990 -
Malcolm Forbes , American publisher (b.
1917 )
1990 -
Johnnie Ray , American singer (b.
1927 )
1991 -
George Gobel , American comedian (b.
1919 )
1991 -
Webb Pierce , American music singer (b.
1921 )
1994 -
Dinah Shore , American actress and singer (b.
1916 )
1999 -
Andre Dubus , American writer (b.
1936 )
2001 -
Claude E. Shannon , American information theorist (b.
1916 )
2002 -
Arthur Lyman , American jazz vibraphone and marimba player (b.
1932 )
2004 -
John Randolph , American actor (b.
1915 )
2006 -
Octavia Butler , American author and
MacArthur Foundation Fellow (b.
1947 )
2006 -
Don Knotts , American actor (b.
1924 )
2006 -
Dennis Weaver , American actor (b.
1924 )
2007 -
Bruce Bennett , American actor (b.
1906 )
2007 -
Leroy Jenkins , American composer and violinist (b.
1932 )
2007 -
Lamar Lundy , American football player (b.
1935 )
2007 -
Damien Nash , American football player (b.
1982 )