1992 Ross Perot The presidential candidate states that he had dropped out the race because of threats to disrupt his daughter's wedding.

1983 U.S. invades Grenada It claimed U.S. medical students were in danger.

1972 First female FBI agents graduate from the FBI training course.

1960 First mass produced electronic wristwatch Bulova's Accutron goes on sale.

1940 First black U.S. army brigadier general Benjamin Oliver Davis is appointed.

1929 First president's cabinet member convicted of a crime Warren Harding's Secretary of the Interior, Albert Bacon Fall, is convicted of accepting a $100,000 bribe. He was sentenced to one year in prison and fined $100,000.

1926 U.S. Supreme Court rules that the president has the authority to remove executive officers from their positions.

1870 First U.S. trademark is awarded, to the Averill Chemical Paint Co. of New York.

1867 First U.S. rabbinical school Maimonides College of Philadelphia is founded.

1854 Charge of the Light Brigade Lord Alfred Tennyson's poem was inspired by this Crimean War battle.

1850 Southern Rights Association is established. Its purpose was to end slavery.

1963 Tracy Nelson American actress. TV: Father Dowling Mysteries (Sister Steve) and Melrose Place (Meredith).

1957 Nancy Cartwright American actress. TV: The Simpsons (voice of Bart).

1949 Brian Kerwin American actor. TV: Lobo (Deputy Hawkins).

1941 Helen Reddy Australian singer. Music: I Am Woman (1972) and Delta Dawn (1973).

1933 Eugene Lee American actor, The Little Rascals (Porky). He appeared in 42 Our Gang films. "Otay."

1928 Marion Ross American actress. TV: Happy Days (Mrs. C.).

1928 Anthony Franciosa d. 2006 (Anthony Papaleo), American actor. TV: The Name of the Game (Jeff Dillon) and Matt Helm (title role).

1912 Minnie Pearl d. 1996 (Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon), American comedienne, "Howdeeeeee!" She was the first woman inducted into the National Hall of Fame (1994). Radio: Grand Ole Opry (1940-91). TV: Hee Haw (1969-91).

1910 William Higinbotham d. 1994 American physicist, "Father of the Video Game." In 1958 he rigged up an oscilloscope for the public to play tennis on at New York's Brookhaven National Laboratory.

1888 Richard E. Byrd d. 1957 American naval aviator. He and Floyd Bennett became the first to fly over the North Pole (1926), and he was the first to fly over the South Pole (1929).

1881 Pablo Ruiz Picasso d. 1973 Spanish artist, considered the greatest artist of the 20th century. His last words were "Drink to me," which Paul McCartney used in a song about his death.

1825 Johann Strauss d. 1899 Austrian composer, "The Waltz King."

1994 Mildred Natwick b. 1908 American Emmy-winning actress. TV: The Snoop Sisters (Gwendolyn Snoop).

1993 Vincent Price b. 1911 American horror actor. Film: House of Wax (1953) , The Fly (1958), The Last Man on Earth (1964). TV: Batman (as Egghead) and Mystery (as host).

1992 Roger Miller b. 1936 American Grammy (11 from 1964-65) and Tony-winning composer. He wrote King of the Road (1965, #1), which became the hobo anthem.

1991 Bill Graham b. 1931 (Wolfgang Grajonca), German-born American concert promoter. He helped pioneer the mass rock concert as an American cultural event.

1957 Albert Anastasia b. ???? American gangster and hit-man. He was killed by two gunmen in a New York barber shop.

1922 Oskar Hertwig b. 1849 German embryologist. He discovered that a single spermatozoon (sperm cell) could fertilize and egg (1875).

1920 Alexander I b. 1893 King of Greece (1917-20). Died of blood poisoning after being bitten by a pet monkey.

1826 Philippe Pinel b. 1745 French physician, "father of modern psychiatry." He pioneered the humane treatment of the mentally ill and opposed the commonly-held belief that mental illness was caused by demonic possession.

1806 Henry Knox b. 1750 American Revolutionary War hero. He established the U.S. Military Academy at West Point (1779) and was the first U.S. Secretary of War (1785-94).

1760 George II b. 1683 King of Great Britain and Ireland (1727-60).

1647 Evangelista Torricelli b. 1608 Italian physicist, inventor of the barometer (1643).

1400 Geoffrey Chaucer b. 1340 English poet, Canterbury Tales (1387).

625 Boniface V b. ???? Italian-born religious leader, 69th Pope (619-625).

304 Saint Marcellinus b. ???? Italian religious leader, 29th Pope (296-304).

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