In 1593, France's King Henry IV, a Protestant, converted to Roman Catholicism.
In 1866, Ulysses S. Grant was named General of the Army, the first officer to hold the rank.
In 1868, Congress passed an act creating the Wyoming Territory.
In 1909, French aviator Louis Bleriot flew across the English Channel in a monoplane, traveling from Calais to Dover in 37 minutes.
In 1943, Benito Mussolini was dismissed as premier of Italy during World War II.
In 1952, Puerto Rico became a self-governing commonwealth of the United States.
In 1956, 51 lives were lost when the Italian liner Andrea Doria sank after it collided with the Swedish ship Stockholm south of Nantucket Island off the New England coast.
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Actor Jack Gilford (1907)
Actress Janet Margolin (1943)
Singer Donna Theodore (1945)
Louise Joy Brown (1978)
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"I never liked the middle ground - the most boring place in the world."
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Louise Nevelson, Russian-American artist (1900-1988)