1534 ~ Jacques Cartier discovered Newfoundland.

1774 ~ Louis XVI became King of France.

1801 ~ The Barbary pirates of Tripoli declared war on the United States.

1838 ~ Birthday of John Wilkes Booth, Actor & Assassin.

1863 ~ Death of Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, Confederate general.

1899 ~ Birthday of Fred Astaire, Singer, Dancer, Actor.

1902 ~ Birthday of David O. Selznick, Hollywood film producer.

1924 ~ J. Edgar Hoover appointed head the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

1940 ~ Winston Churchill appointed Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.

1960 ~ The nuclear submarine USS Nautilus completed the first under water circumnavigation of the earth.

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