Here is today’s Historical Daily Run Down.
- In 1040, Duncan I of Scotland dies.
- In 1464, Pope Pius II dies.
- In 1479, Catherine of York is born.
- In 1586, William Hutchinson, American Colonist, is born.
- In 1688, Frederick William I of Prussia is born.
- In 1742, Pope Pius VII is born.
- In 1816, The British Empire annexes Tristan da Cunha archipelago in South Africa.
- In 1848, The United States Congress organizes the Oregon Territory.
- In 1851, Famed Doctor and gambler, Doc Holliday, is born.
- In 1874, Jonathan Clarkson Gibbs, American Abolitionist, dies.
- In 1880, The Cologne Cathedral construction is completed in Cologne, Germany.
- In 1885, Japan issues it’s first patent for rust-proof paint.
- In 1893, France becomes the first country to require vehicle registration.
- In 1909, American Inventor William Stanley dies.
- In 1925, Pulitzer-Prize winning author Russell Baker was born.
- In 1935, The United States Congress enacts the Social Security Act giving pensions to retired people.
- In 1941, Winston Churchill and Franklin D. Roosevelt sign the Atlantic Charter, which lays out postwar aims.
- In 1945, Comedian Steve Martin was born.
- In 1947, Pakistan gains independence from the British Indian Empire.
- In 1956, NASCAR Driver Rusty Wallace was born.
- In 1959, the first official meeting of the American Football League.
- In 1988, Car Maker Enzo Ferrari dies.
- In 1992, John Sirica, Judge during the Watergate Scandal, dies.
- In 1996, ESPN SportsCaster Tom Mees dies.
Look for more current news tomorrow and more historical events next week.