In 1776, the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.
In 1782, the first president who was a native citizen of the United States, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook, N.Y.
In 1791, composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna Austria, at the age of 35.
In 1933, at 5:32 P.M. EST, national Prohibition came to an end in the United States as Utah became the 36th state to ratify the 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing the 18th.
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Senator Strom Thurmond, [R-S.C.] (1902)
Singer Little Richard (1932)
Author Joan Didion (1934)
Author Calvin Trillin (1935)
Actress Morgan Brittany (1951)
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"The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is the knack of getting along with people."