Film premiere anniversaries: King Kong (1933) and Sound of Music (1965).
Birth anniversary of Theodor “Dr. Seuss” Geisel (1904-91).
Birth anniversary of Sam Houston (1793-1863), first president of the Republic of Texas.
Happy Birthday! Daniel Craig, Mikhail Gorbachev, Tom Wolfe
1807 - The U.S. Congress passed an act to "prohibit the importation of slaves into any port or place within the jurisdiction of the United States... from any foreign kingdom, place, or country."
1836 - Texas declared its independence from Mexico and an ad interim government was formed.
1866 - Excelsior Needle Company began making sewing machine needles.
1877 - In the U.S., Rutherford B. Hayes was declared the winner of the 1876 presidential election by the U.S. Congress. Samuel J. Tilden, however, had won the popular vote on November 7, 1876.
1887 - The American Trotting Association was organized in Detroit, MI.
1917 - The Russian Revolution began with Czar Nicholas II abdicating.
1969 - In Toulouse, France, the supersonic transport Concorde made its first test flight.
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