Queen Isabella I (Spain) 1451, Nikolai Lenin (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) 1870 - Russian premier (1917-1924), J. Robert Oppenheimer 1904 - Physicist, designed and built the first atomic bomb
Eddie Albert (Edward Albert Heimberger) 1908 - Actor ("Green Acres"), Yehudi Menuhin 1916 - Violinist, played with New York Symphony Orchestra at age ten, Glen Campbell 1936 - Singer, actor
Jack Nicholson (John Joseph) 1937 - Actor ("The Shining", "Batman", "The Witches of Eastwicke", "A Few Good Men"), John Waters 1946 - Director, Peter Frampton 1950 - Musician (Humble Pie)
1500 - Portuguese navigator Pedro Alvares Cabral discovered Brazil.
1509 - Henry VIII ascended to the throne of England upon the death of his father Henry VII.
1864 - The U.S. Congress passed legislation that allowed the inscription "In God We Trust" to be included on one-cent and two-cent coins.
1889 - At noon, the Oklahoma land rush officially started as thousands of Americans raced for new, unclaimed land.
1914 - Babe Ruth made his pitching debut with the Baltimore Orioles.
1915 - At the Second Battle Ypres the Germans became the first country to use poison gas.
1931 - James G. Ray landed an autogyro on the lawn of the White House.
1952 - An atomic test conducted in Nevada was the first nuclear explosion shown on live network television.
1970 - The first "Earth Day" was observed by millions of Americans.
2000 - Elian Gonzalez was reunited with his father. He had to be taken from his Miami relatives by U.S. agents in a predawn raid.
2010 - The Boeing X-37 began its first orbital mission. It successfully returned to Earth on December 3, 2010.
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