Today in History

• 100 B.C. Julius C‘sar. (Gallic Commentaries) "Veni, Vidi, Vici."
• 1730 Josiah Wedgewood, English pottery designer, manufacturer.
• 1817 Henry David Thoreau, always had Ralph Waldo Emerson around to bail him out of trouble.
• 1861 George Washington Carver
• 1895 Oscar Hammerstein II, lyricist who worked with Richard Rodgers
• 1895 R. Buckminster Fuller, inventor of the geodesic dome
• 1904 Pablo Neruda, Chilean poet (Residence on Earth) (Nobel 1971).
• 1908 Milton Berle, "Uncle Miltie"
• 1917 Andrew Wyeth
• 1934 Van Cliburn Pianist
• 1937 Bill Cosby
• 1948 Richard Simmons
• 1951 Cheryl Ladd
• 1971 Kristi Yamaguchi

• 1543 Henry VIII marries Catharine Parr (his 6th & last wife).
• 1812 US forces lead by Gen. Hull invade Canada (War of 1812).
• 1862 Congress authorizes Medal of Honor
• 1933 Congress passes 1st minimum wage law ($0.33 per hour).
• 1960 Echo I, 1st passive satellite launched.
• 1960 USSR's Sputnik 5 launched with 2 dogs.
• 1962 Cosmonaut Popovich in space 1st time 2, manned craft in space
• 1977 first free flight test of Space Shuttle Enterprise.
• 1979 Kiribati (Gilbert & Ellice Is.) gains independence from Britain.
• 1984 Geraldine Ferraro, Democrat, becomes the first woman to be a major-party candicate for Vice President.
• 1998 KDE 1.0 released.