1524 ~ Giovanni da Verrazano discovered New York harbor.

1622 ~ Birthday of Henry Vaughan, Metaphysical Poet.

1837 ~ Birthday of J.P. Morgan, Financier.

1861 ~ Virginia secedes from the U.S.

1894 ~ Birthday of Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Leader.

1903 ~ Birthday of Gregor Piatigorsky, Cellist.

1924 ~ Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios is formed.

1961 ~ Bay of Pigs invasion of Cuba begins.

1969 ~ Czechoslovak Communist Party chairman Alexander Dubcek is deposed, bringing to and end the “Prague Spring”.

1984 ~ Yvonne Fletcher is killed by gunfire from Libyan embassy in London. Ten other people were wounded.

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