In 1521, Spanish conqueror Hernando Cortez captured present-day Mexico City from the Aztec Indians.
In 1624, French King Louis XIII named Cardinal Richelieu his first minister.
In 1792, French revolutionaries imprisoned the royal family.
In 1818, suffragist Lucy Stone was born in West Brookfield, Mass.
In 1961, the city of Berlin was divided as East Germany sealed off the border between the eastern and western sectors. East German police and troops used barbed wire and barricades to block crossing points in order to halt the flight of refugees. Two days later, work began on the Berlin Wall.
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Television evangelist Rex Humbard (1919)
Cuban President Fidel Castro (1926)
Actor Pat Harrington (1929)
Singer Don Ho (1930)
Singer Dan Fogelberg (1951)
Actress Quinn Cummings (1967)
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"It is always too late, or too little, or both. And that is the road to disaster."
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David Lloyd George, First Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, British statesman (1863-1945)