1992 Paul E Garber, 1st curator (Natl Air and Space Museum), dies at 93
1982 Melville Bell Grosvenor, President (Natl Geographic Society), dies at 80
1982 Jessica Joseph, born in Royal Oak, Michigan, dance skater, Butler-1997 Natl
1979 St. Vincent and Grenadines becomes independent of U.K. (Natl Day)
1976 Gerald Smith, antisemite/catholic (Natl Christian Crusade), dies at 78
1975 Netherlands grants Suriname independence (Natl Day)
1975 Sao Tome e Principe gains independence from Portugal (Natl Day)
1966 Barbados gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1966 Botswana (Bechuanaland) gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1965 Republic of Maldives gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1960 Mauritania gains independence from France (Natl Day)
1959 Keith Allen Clearwater, born in Long Beach, California, PGA golfer, 1987 Colonial Natl
1958 Central African Rep made autonomous member of Fr Comm (Natl Day)
1956 Pakistan proclaimed an Islamic republic in Commonwealth (Natl Day)
1952 General Neguib seizes power, Monarchy overthrown in Egypt (Natl Day)
1949 Natl Military Establishment renamed Department of Defense
1946 Jordan gains independence from Britain (Natl Day)
1945 Jewell Jackson McCabe, President, natl coaltion of 100 black women
1945 Czechoslovakia liberated from Nazi occupation (Natl Day)
1944 Albania liberated from Nazi control (Natl Day)
1942 Natl Boxing Association freezes titles of those serving in armed services
1940 Murray Sidlin, born in Baltimore, Maryland, conductor, Natl Symph 1973-77
1937 Varbara Ann Teer, U.S. actress/director, Natl Black Theatre Company
1932 Elizabeth Southey, British CEO, Natl Fed of Women's Institutes
1928 Erik Bruhn, Copenhagen Denmark, dancer, Natl Ballet of Canada
1926 Johnnie Tillmon, civil rights activist, Natl Welfare Rights Assn
1925 Anne Harris, CEO, Natl Federation of Women's Institutes
1919 Lady Ricketts, CEO, Natl Association of Citizens' Advice Bureaux
1915 Natl Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created
1911 Natl Hockey Association forms with New Westminister, Vancouver and Victoria
1910 Baroness Phillips, pres/general secretary, Natl Association of Women
1907 Nathan M. Pusey, born in Iowa, educator, Natl Ass for Social Sciences-1963
1906 Washington Natl's pitcher Tom Hughes hits HR to win his own game 1-0 in 10th
1899 Cuba liberated from Spain by U.S. (Natl Day) (U.S. occupies till 1902)
1890 Lauritz Melchior, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, baritone tenor, Natl Symphony
1879 Natl Assoc of Trotting Horse Breeders determines what "is" a trotter
1857 Gallaudet College (Natl Deaf Mute college) forms (Washington D.C.)
1849 Elizabeth Harrison, U.S., educator, Natl Congress of Parents and Teachers
1814 Denmark cedes Norway to Sweden (Natl Day)
1811 Paraguay gains independence from Spain (Natl Day)
1810 Argentina declares independence from Napoleonic Spain (Natl Day)
1779 Adam Gottlob Oehlenschlager, Denmark, poet, Natl Poet 1849
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