In 1777, during the American Revolution, under General George Washington suffered defeat at the hands of the British in the Battle of Brandywine near Wilmington, Del.
In 1789, Alexander Hamilton was appointed the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury.
In 1814, an American fleet scored a decisive victory over the British in the Battle of Lake Champlain in the War of 1812.
In 1850, "Swedish Nightingale" Jenny Lind gave her first concert in the United States, at Castle Garden, N.Y.
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Former Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos (1917)
Former Dallas Cowboys football coach Tom Landry (1924)
Actor Earl Holliman (1928)
Movie director Brian De Palma (1940)
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"When the gods are angry with a man, they give him what he asks for."