In 1791, the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution - the Bill of Rights - went into effect following ratification by Virginia.
In 1890, Sioux Indian Chief Sitting Bull was killed in a fracas in Grand River, S.D., as Indian police, working for the U.S. government, tried to arrest him.
In 1916, the French defeated the Germans in the World War I Battle of Verdun.
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Actor-comedian Tim Conway (1933)
Actor Don Johnson (1949)
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"Man's capacity for justice makes deocracy possible, but man's inclination to injustice makes democracy necessary."