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1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America.

1776 - The Virginia constitution was adopted and Patrick Henry was made governor.

1804 - Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50.

1880 - France annexed Tahiti.

1897 - The Chicago Cubs scored 36 runs in a game against Louisville, setting a record for runs scored by a team in a single game.

1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia.

1925 - Marvin Pipkin filed for a patent for the frosted electric light bulb.

1941 - Joe DiMaggio got a base hit in his 42nd consecutive game. He broke George Sisler's record from 1922.

1946 - British authorities arrested more than 2,700 Jews in Palestine in an attempt to end alleged terrorism.

1950 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.

1951 - The United States invited the Soviet Union to the Korean peace talks on a ship in Wonson Harbor.

1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast.

1954 - The Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's access to classified information.

1955 - The Soviet Union sent tanks to Poznan, Poland, to put down anti-Communist demonstrations.

1956 - Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were married. They were divorced on January 20, 1961.

1966 - The U.S. bombed fuel storage facilities near the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong.

1967 - Israel removed barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem.

1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws.

1982 - Israel invaded Lebanon.

1987 - Vincent Van Gogh’s "Le Pont de Trinquetaille" was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.

1995 - The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

1998 - With negotiations on a new labor agreement at a standstill, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that a lockout would be imposed at midnight.

2000 - In Santa Rosa, CA, the official groundbreaking ceremony took place for the Charles M. Schulz Museum.

2007 - The first generation Apple iPhone went on sale.

2011 - The state of Nevada passed the first law that permitted the operation of autonomous cars on public roads. The law went into effect on March 1, 2012 and did not permit the use of the cars to the general public. Google received the first self-driving vehicle license in the U.S. on May 4, 2012 in Nevada.

Today's Birthdays

William Mayo 1861 (Medicine, Surgery Mayo Clinic)

Nelson Eddy 1901 (Baritone, film star)

John Toland 1912 (American writer and historian)

Ruth Warrick 1915 (Phoebe Tyler Wallingford on All My Children)

Slim Pickens 1919 (Actor, Cowboy, Horse Trainer)

Ralph Burns 1922 (American songwriter, bandleader, composer, conductor, arranger and bebop pianist.)

Mousey Alexander 1922 (American jazz drummer)

Robert Evans 1930 (Producer - Rosemary's Baby, Love Story, The Godfather and Chinatown.)

Stokeley Carmichael 1941 (Cival Rights - 4th Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee)

Roger Ruskin Spear 1943 (Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band.)

Gary Busey 1944 (American actor - 150 films)

Little Eva (Narcissus) Boyd 1945 (Singer, R/B Pop)

Richard Lewis 1947 (comedian)

Fred Grandy 1948 ("Gopher" The Love Boat - later member of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Iowa.)

Ian Paice 1948 - Musician (Whitesnake)

Dan Dierdorf 1949 (Cardinals Offensive tackle)

Colin Hay 1953 - Musician (Men at Work)

Maria Conchita Alonso 1957 (Cuban-born, Venezuelan-raised singer/songwriter and actress)

Sharon Lawrence 1961 (Sylvia Costas Sipowicz in the ABC drama series NYPD Blue)

Amanda Donohoe 1962 (English actress. She had a four-year relationship with popstar Adam Ant and appeared in the music videos for the Adam and the Ants)

Steadman Pearson 1964 - Musician (Five Star)

DJ Shadow (Josh Paul Davis) 1972 - Music producer, DJ, songwriter

Zuleikha Robinson 1977 - Actress ("Lost")