Charles Barkley 1963 - Basketball player
- 1792 - U.S. President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act that created the U.S. Post Office.
- 1809 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled the power of the federal government was greater than that of any individual state.
- 1839 - The U.S. Congress prohibited dueling in the District of Columbia.
- 1962 - John Glenn made space history when he orbited the world three times in 4 hours, 55 minutes. He was the first American to orbit the Earth. He was aboard the Friendship 7 Mercury capsule.
- 1987 - A bomb exploded in a computer store in Salt Lake City, UT. The blast was blamed on the Unabomber.
- 2003 - In West Warwick, RI, 100 people were killed and more than 230 were injured when fire destroyed the nightclub The Station. The fire started with sparks from a pyrotechnic display being used by Jack Russel's Great White. Ty Longley, guitarist for the band, was one of the victims in the fire.
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I'm grateful to be reminded of these historical, life impacting events. Life gets so mundane and we are so easily distracted by things that are inconsequential.
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