In 1868, Republican Ulysses Sl Grant won the presidential election over Democrat Horatio Seymour.
In 1896, Republican William McKinley defeated Democrat William Jennings Bryan for the presidency.
In 1900, the first automobile show in the United States opened at New York's Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America.
In 1903, Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.
In 1908, Republican William Howard Taft was elected the 27th president of the United States, out-polling William Jennings Bryan.
In 1936, President Franklin D. Roosevelt won a landslide victory over Republican challenger Alfred M. Landon.
In 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik II, the second man-made satellite, into orbit. On board was a dog named Laika, the first living space traveler. (Laika died in flight; the spacecraft was not designed to return her to earth.)
In 1964, President Lyndon B. Johnson soundly defeated Republican challenger Barry Goldwater to win a White House term in his own right.
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Journalist James Reston (1909)
Baseball hall-of-famer Bob Feller (1918)
Actor Charles Bronson (1921)
Actress Monica Vitti (1931)
Massachusetts Gov. Michael S. Dukakis (1933)
Actor-dancer Ken Berry (1933)
Singer Lulu (1948)
Singer Adam Ant (1954)
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"You can deceive your superior, but not your inferiors."
