1296: King Edward I of England sacks Berwick-on-Tweed, during one of the wars between England and Scotland.
1492: Ferdinand and Isabella sign the Alhambra decree, expelling all Jews from Spain unless the convert to Roman Catholicism.
1822: The Florida Territory is created.
1842: Anesthesia is used for the first time in an operation by Dr. Crawford Long.
1853: Vincent Van Gogh is born.
1855: The Bleeding Kansas Incident: "Border Ruffians" from Missouri invaded Kansas and force the election of a pro-slavery legislature.
1858: Hymen Lipman patents a pencil with an attached eraser.
1867: Alaska is purchased $7.2 million (about 2 cents per acre) by Secretary of State William H. Seward.
1909: The Queensboro Bridge opens, linking Manhattan and Queens.
1929: Richard Dysart is born. He played the doctor in John Carpenter's The Thing.1930: John Astin is born. He played Gomez on the old Addams Family TV show but he's made a good living playing eccentric guys in all kinds of shows.
1937: Warren Beatty is born. It is alleged that the song "You're So Vain" is about him.
1945: A defecting German pilot delivers a Messerschmidt 262 to the Allies.
1945: Eric Clapton is born.1950: Robbie Coltrane is born. He played Hagrid in the Harry Potter movies.
1964: Jeopardy! premieres on NBC.1981: President Reagan is shot in the chest by John Hinckley, Jr.
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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