Here is today’s Daily Run Down: Historical Edition.

• In 781, The First recorded eruption occurs.
• In 1009, Pietro Martino begins his rein as Pope Sergius IV.
• In 1396, Philip III of England is born.
• In 1396, William Courtenay, Archbishop of Canterbury, dies.
• In 1492, The Jewish are expelled from Spain.
• In 1498, Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to discover Trinidad.
• In 1527, Maximilian II, The Holy Roman Emperor is born.
• In 1588, The Spanish Armada is spotted off of the Coast of England.
• In 1653, Thomas Dudley, Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, dies.
• In 1704, Gabriel Cramer, Swiss Mathematician, is born.
• In 1790, the first United States Patent is granted.
• In 1803, Swiss-American Inventor John Ericsson is born.
• In 1856, Christchurch, New Zealand is founded.
• In 1875, Andrew Johnson, 17th President of the United States, dies.
• In 1911, American Entertainer George Liberace is born.
• In 1921, World War II Veteran, Author, and Subject of Band of Brothers, Donald Malarkey was born.
• In 1921, Civil Right Activist Whitney Young is born.
• In 1929, Author Lynne Reid Banks was born.
• In 1931, New York City experiments with Television broadcasts using the station ID of W2AXO.
• In 1941, Adolph Hitler orders a timeline for the ‘Final Solution’.
• In 1953, Robert Taft, Senator and Presidential hopeful, dies.
• In 1958, Entrepreneur Mark Cuban was born.
• In 1961, The First Baseball All-Star game ended in a Tie.
• In 1965, Author J.K. Rowling was born.
• In 1971, The Apollo 15 Astronauts become the first to ride in the Lunar Rover.
• In 2006, Fidel Castro hands temporary power over to Raul Castro.

Look for more current news stories tomorrow and look for another Historical Daily Run Down next week.

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