1988 Event U.S. Vincennes in Strait of Hormoez shoots Iran Airbus A300, kills 290 1968 Event WVUT TV channel 22 in Vincennes, IN (PBS) begins broadcasting 1949 Birthday Michel Tognini, Vincennes France, astronaut, Soyuz TM-15, sk: STS-93 1913 Birthday Red Skelton, born in Vincennes, Indiana, comedian, Red Skelton Show 1861 Event Naval Engagement at Fernandina, FL-USS Vincennes ends rebel blockade 1826 Event USS Vincennes leaves New York to become 1st warship to circumnavigate globe 1784 Event Marquis de Sade transferred from Vincennes fortress to the Bastille 1779 Event George Rogers Clark captures Vincennes (Ind) from British 1777 Event de Sade arrested without charge, imprisoned in Vincennes fortress
