In 1790, the District of Columbia was established as the seat of the United States government.
In 1862, David G. Farragut became the first rear admiral in the U.S. Navy.
In 1969, Apollo 11, carrying astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins, blasted off from Cape Kennedy on the first mission to the surface of the moon.
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Actress Barbara Stanwyck (1907)
Actress-dancer Ginger Rogers (1911)
Tennis player Margaret Court (1942)
Violinist Pinchas Zukerman (1947)
Rock composer-musician Stewart Copeland (1952)
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"The best scientist is open to experience and begins with romance - the idea that anything is possible."