Today in History

• "Wolfman Jack", a howling success in radio
• 1646 Gottfried W Leibnitz, mathematician-philosopher
• 1788 J.V. Poncelet --1867
• 1804 George Sand, French Romantic novelist (Valentine, Le Figaro).
• 1853 Cecil John Rhodes, South African politician, diamond merchant.
• 1916 Olivia DeHaviland, actress, in Tokyo, (Robin Hood)
• 1931 Leslie Caron
• 1934 Jamie Farr
• 1934 Jean Marsh
• 1941 Twyla Tharp, choreographer
• 1942 Genevieve Bujold
• 1942 Karen Black
• 1945 Deborah Harry
• 1952 Dan Aykroyd
• 1961 Carl Lewis
• 1961 Princess Diana
• 1967 Pamela Anderson
• 1977 Liv Tyler

• Dominion Day -- Canada
• 1535 Sir Thomas More went on trial in England charged with treason
• 1847 1st adhesive US postage stamps go on sale
• 1850 At least 626 ships lying at anchor around San Francisco Bay.
• 1863 Battle of Gettysburg, PA - Lee's northward advance halted.
• 1867 Dominion of Canada formed.
• 1873 Prince Edward Island becomes 7th Canadian province.
• 1898 Teddy Roosevelt and his Rough Riders charge up San Juan Hill.
• 1899 SF City Hall turned over to city, after 29 years of building
• 1919 First Class Postage DROPS to 2 cents from 3 cents.
• 1941 1st TV licenses granted: W2XBS-WNBT (NBC) & WCBW (CBS), New York
• 1943 first automatic withholding tax from paychecks
• 1944 Bretton Woods Conference starts, establishing world-wide financial systems (like the IMF and the World Bank).
• 1960 Ghana becomes a republic.
• 1960 Italian Somalia gains independence, unites with Somali Republic.
• 1962 Burundi & Rwanda gain independence from Belgium (National Days).
• 1966 Medicare goes into effect.
• 1968 US, Britain, USSR & 58 nations sign Nuclear Nonproliferation Trea
• 1969 Charles Philip Arthur George invested as the Prince of Wales
• 1971 Golden Gate Bridge is paid off, so why is there still a toll?
• 1982 Kosmos 1383, 1st search and rescue satellite, launched.