In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant arrived in New Amsterdam, later to become New York, to become governor.
In 1858, Minnesota became the 32nd state of the Union.
In 1888, songwriter Irving Berlin was born Israel Balin in Temun, Russia. Berlin has written some 1,500 songs, including "White Christmas," "Easter Parade", "God Bless America," "There's no business like Show Business," "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "Puttin' on the Ritz."
In 1910, Glacier National Park in Montana was established.
In 1943, dur9ing World War II, American forces landed on Japanese-held Attu island in the Aleutians. (The territory was retaken in three weeks.)
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Irving Berlin (1888)
Modern dance pioneer Martha Graham (1894)
Actor-comedian Foster Brooks (1912)
Comedian Mort Sahl (1927)
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"The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success."