In 1530, Cardinal Thomas Wolsey, one-time adviser to England's King Henry VIII, died.
In 1864, a Colorado militia killed at least 150 peaceful Cheyenne Indians in what became known as the Sand Creek Massacre.
In 1890, the first Army-Navy football game was played, at West Point, N.Y. Navy sank Army, 24-0.
In 1929, Navy Lt. Cmdr. Richard E. Byrd radioed that he'd made the first airplane flight over the South Pole.
In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John F. Kennedy.
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Sportscaster Vin Scully (1927)
Sen. Paul Simon [D-Ill.] (1928)
Musician Chuck Mangione (1940)
Skier Suzy Chaffee (1946)
Actor-comedian Howie Mandel (1955)
Actress Cathy Moriarty (1960)
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