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This Day In History

1328

Treaty of Edinburgh-Northampton – the Kingdom of England recognizes the Kingdom of Scotland as an independent state.

1753

Publication of Species Plantarum by Linnaeus, and the formal start date of plant taxonomy adopted by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature.

1759

Josiah Wedgwood founds the Wedgwood pottery company in Great Britain.

1786

Opening night of the opera The Marriage of Figaro by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in Vienna, Austria.

1840

The Penny Black, the first official adhesive postage stamp, is issued in the United Kingdom.

1869

The Folies Bergère opens in Paris.

1893

The World's Columbian Exposition opens in Chicago.

1925

The first Ritual of the Calling of an Engineer is held at the University of Toronto, Canada.

1930

The dwarf planet Pluto is officially named.

1931

The Empire State Building is dedicated in New York City.

1956

The polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk is made available to the public.

1971

Amtrak (the National Railroad Passenger Corporation) takes over operation of U.S. passenger rail service.

1978

Japan's Naomi Uemura, travelling by dog sled, becomes the first person to reach the North Pole alone.

1987

Pope John Paul II beatifies Edith Stein, a Jewish-born Carmelite nun who was gassed in the Nazi concentration camp at Auschwitz.

1989

Disney-MGM Studios opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.

2012

One World Trade Center expected to pass Empire State as`the tallest building in New York City.

Famous Birthdays

1585

Sophia Olelkovich Radziwill, Belarusian saint (d. 1612)

1764

Benjamin Henry Latrobe, English born American architect (d. 1820)

1825

George Inness, American painter (d. 1894)

1829

Anthony Frederick Augustus Sandys, English Pre-Raphaelite painter (d. 1904)

1852

Calamity Jane, American Wild West performer (d. 1903)

1857

Theo Van Gogh, Dutch art dealer (d. 1891)

1864

Anna Jarvis, American founder of Mother's Day (d. 1948)

1881

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, French palaeontologist and philosopher (d. 1955)

1896

Mark Wayne Clark, American general (d. 1984)

1907

Kate Smith, American singer (d. 1986)

1916

Glenn Ford, Canadian actor (d. 2006)

1918

Jack Paar, American television host (d. 2004)

1923

Joseph Heller, American novelist (d. 1999)

1925

Chuck Bednarik, American football player

Scott Carpenter, American astronaut

1946

John Woo, Hong Kong director

1954

Joel Rosenberg, Canadian American science fiction author (d. 2011)

1956

Phil Foglio, American cartoonist and comic book artist

1967

Tim McGraw, American musician

1969

Wes Anderson, American director and writer

1972

Julie Benz, American actress