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.
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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