In 1787, Congress enacted an ordinance governing the Northwest Territory.
In 1793, French revolutionary writer Jean Paul Marat was murdered in his bath by Charlotte Corday.
In 1821, Confederate cavalry commander Nathan Bedford Forrest was born in Bedford County, Tenn.
In 1863, rioting against the Civil War military draft erupted in New York City. The violence resulted in the deaths of about 1,000 people over the next three days.
In 1878, the Treaty of Berlin amended the terms of the Treaty of San Stefano, which had ended the Russo-Turkish War of 1877-1878.
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Actor Harrison Ford (1942)
Singer Louise Mandrell (1954)
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"It is only when we are misunderstood by others that we really understand ourselves."