1603: Queen Elizabeth I of England dies, which leads to:
1603: James VI of Scotland becomes James I of England.
1765: Great Britain passes the Quartering Act which requires the thirteen colonies to house British troops.1832: In Hiram, OH a group of men beat, tar and feather Mormon leader Joseph Smith, Jr.
1874: Harry Houdini is born.
1882: Robert Koch announces the discovery of the bacterium responsible for tuberculosis.1887: Fatty Arbuckle is born.
1901: Ub Iwerks, animator, is born.1902: Thomas Dewey, politician and presidential candidate, is born.
1924: Norman Fell is born.
1930: Steve McQueen is born. Here's the famous car chase from Bulitt.1944: In an event later dramatized in the movie The Great Escape, 76 prisoners begin breaking out of Stalag Luft III.
1944: R. Lee Ermey is born. He is most famous for playing the psychotic drill instructor in Full Metal Jacket.
1954: Robert Carradine is born. He played Louis in Revenge of the Nerds.
1958: Elvis Presley is inducted into the Army in Memphis, TN.1960: Kelly LeBrock is born. Don't hate her 'cause she's beautiful.
1973: Pink Floyd releases The Dark Side of the Moon.
1970: Lara Flynn Boyle is born.
1974: Alyson Hannigan is born. She was the "band camp" girl in the American Pie movies and Willow in Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
1989: The Exxon Valdez spills 240,000 barrels of oil into Prince William Sound, AK.
Today in History elements mostly cribbed from The History Channel, Wikipedia, The New York Times, The Jewish World Review, The Writer's Almanac and anything else I can dig up.
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