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This Day In History
1028
Future Byzantine empress Zoe takes the throne as empress consort to Romanus Argyrus.
1555
The English Parliament re-establishes Catholicism.
1892
William "Pudge" Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
1892
William "Pudge" Heffelfinger becomes the first professional American football player on record, participating in his first paid game for the Allegheny Athletic Association.
1912
The frozen bodies of Robert Scott and his men are found on the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica.
1933
Hugh Gray takes the first known photos of the Loch Ness Monster.
1958
A team of rock climbers led by Warren Harding completes the first ascent of The Nose on El Capitan in Yosemite Valley.
1978
Pope John Paul II takes possession of his Cathedral Church, the Basilica of St. John Lateran, as the Bishop of Rome.
1980
The NASA space probe Voyager I makes its closest approach to Saturn and takes the first images of its rings.
1990
Tim Berners-Lee publishes a formal proposal for the World Wide Web.
Famous Birthdays
1606
Jeanne Mance, French nurse and settler of New France (d. 1673)
1815
Elizabeth Cady Stanton, American suffragette (d. 1902)
1833
Alexander Borodin, Russian composer and chemist (d. 1887)
1840
Auguste Rodin, French sculptor (d. 1917)
1929
Grace Kelly, American actress and Princess consort of Monaco (d. 1982)
1943
Wallace Shawn, American actor and playwright
1944
Al Michaels, American television sportscaster
1958
Megan Mullally, American actress and singer
1978
Ashley Williams, American actress
1979
Cote de Pablo, Chilean actress
1982
Anne Hathaway, American actress
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