• In 1425, The Catholic University of Leuven is founded.
• In 1565, Pope Pius IV dies.
• In 1571, Dutch Mathematician and astronomer Metius is born.
• In 1608, English Poet John Milton is born.
• In 1674, English Statesman Edward Hyde dies.
• In 1748, French chemist Claude Louis Berthollet is born.
• In 1787, English Architect John Dobson is born.
• In 1793, New York City’s first daily newspaper, The American Minerva, is established.
• In 1835, The Texian Army captures San Antonio.
• In 1851, The YMCA is established in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
• In 1875, THe Massachusetts Rifle Association is established.
• In 1905, France Passes its secularity law.
• In 1906, American computer scientist Grace Hopper is born.
• In 1911, 84 Miners are killed near Briceville, Tennessee.
• In 1916, American Actor Kirk Douglas was born.
• In 1919, William Lipscomb, American Chemist, was born.
• In 1922, Gabriel Narutowicz is announced first President of Poland.
• In 1922, American comedian Redd Foxx is born.
• In 1934, English Actress Dame Judy Dench was born.
• In 1953, General Electric announces that all Communist employees will be dismissed.
• In 1962, The Petrified Forest National Park is established in Arizona.
• In 1966, Barbados joins the United Nations.
• In 1971, United Arab of Emirates joins the United Nations.
• In 1995, American aviator Douglas Corrigan dies.
• In 2000, The US Supreme Court stays the Florida Recount.
• In 2008, Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich (Blago / Gov. Rod), is arrested.

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