In 1801, the north African state of Tripoli declared war on the United States in a dispute over safe passage of merchant vessels through the Mediterranean.
In 1865, the opera "Tristan und Isolde" by Richard Wagner premiered in Munich, Germany.
In 1922, singer-actress judy Garland was born Frances Gumm in Grand Rapids, Minn.
In 1978, Affirmed, ridden by Steve Cauthen, won the Belmont Stakes and, with it, horse racing's Triple Crown. Coming one year after Seattle Slew's triumph, it was the first consecutive Triple Crown sweep.
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Britain's Prince Philip (1921)
Columnist Nat Hentoff (1925)
Author Maurice Sendak (1928)
Attorney F. Lee Bailey (1933)
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"When a dog bites a man that is not news, but when a man bites a dog that is news."
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John B. Bogart (1845-1921), New York newspaper editor