In 1754, King's College in New York City opened. (The school would be renamed Columbia College 30 years later.)
In 1948, six female reservists became the first women to be sworn into the regular U.S. Navy.
In 1981, President Ronald Reagan announced he would nominate Arizona Judge Sandra Day O'Connor to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court. O'Conner became the high court's first female justice.
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Musician-conductor Doc Severinsen (1927)
Rock star Ringo Starr (1940)
Actor Joe Spano (1946)
Actress Shelley Duvall (1949)
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"When men are ruled by fear, they strive to prevent the very changes that will abate it."