Long Day
This Day In History
1776
In the Battle of Trenton, the Continental Army attacks and successfully defeats a garrison of Hessian mercenaries.
1799
Four thousand people attend George Washington's funeral, at which Henry Lee calls him "first in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen."
1862
Four nuns serving as volunteer nurses on board USS Red Rover are the first female nurses on a U.S. Navy hospital ship.
1871
Gilbert and Sullivan collaborate for the first time, on their lost opera, Thespis. It does modestly well, but the two would not collaborate again for four years.
1933
FM radio is patented.
1982
Time's Man of the Year is for the first time a non-human, the personal computer.
Famous Birthdays
1646
Robert Bolling, English settler in Virginia (d. 1709)
1716
Thomas Gray, English poet, letter-writer, classical scholar and professor (d. 1771)
1780
Mary Fairfax Somerville, Scottish science writer and polymath (d. 1872)
1791
Charles Babbage, English mathematician and inventor (d. 1871)
1891
Henry Miller, American writer (d. 1980)
1914
Richard Widmark, American actor (d. 2008)
1939
Phil Spector, American music producer
1954
Ozzie Smith, American baseball player
1977
Sofia Bekatorou, Greek yacht racer
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