1653: Oliver Cromwell dissolves the Rump Parliament.
1657: Freedom of religion is granted to the Jews of New Amsterdam (later New York).1689: The deposed king of England, James II lays siege to the city of Derry.
1775: During the American Revolution, the siege of Boston begins.
1861: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the US Army to command the forces of the commonwealth of Virginia.
1862: Louis Pasteur completes the first pasteurization test.
1889: Adolf Hitler is born.1893: Harold Lloyd is born. He was one of the most influential comedians of the silent film era. You've probably seen him hanging from clock hands high above the street in Safety Last!
1902: Pierre and Marie Curie refine radium chloride.
1912: Opening day for Fenway Park.1918: Baron Manfred von Richthofen (aka The Red Baron) shoots down his 79th and 80th victims before being shot down by Snoopy.
1937: George Takei is born.
1939: Ted Williams makes his major league debut with the Boston Red Sox.
1926: Western Electric and Warner Brothers announce Vitaphone, a process to add sound to motion pictures.1949: Veronica Cartwright is born. She played Lambert in Alien.
1949: Jessica Lange is born. She played "Dwan" in the justifiably unloved Dino De Laurentiis remake of King Kong.
1961: The Bay of Pigs invasion officially fails.1964: Crispin Glover is born. He played Mary McFly's father in the Back to the Future series and once tried to kick David Letterman's head off. I think drugs may have been involved.
1964: Andy Serkis is born. He "played" Gollum in the Lord of the Rings movies.
1978: Korean Flight 902 is shot down by the Soviet Union.1999: The Columbine High School Massacre takes place.
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