In 1536, Catherine of Aragon, the first wife of England's King Henry VIII, died.
In 1610, the astronomer Galileo sighted four of Jupiter's moons.
In 1782, the first commercial bank in the United States, the Bank of North America, opened in Philadelphia.
In 1789, the first presidential election was held. Ameicans voted for electors who, a month later, would choose George Washington to be the nation's first president.
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Actor Vincent Gardenia (1921)
Author William Peter Blatty (1927)
Singer-songwriter Leona Williams (1942)
Former baseball player Tony Conigliaro (1944)
Singer Kenny Loggins (1947)
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"There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your own way."
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Christopher Morley, American journalist (1890-1957)