44 BC | Julius Caesar is assassinated by high-ranking Roman Senators. | |
1493 | Christopher Columbus returns to Spain after his first voyage to the New World. | |
1778 | In command of two frigates, the Frenchman la Perouse sails east from Botany Bay for the last | |
1934 | Henry Ford restores the $5-a-day wage. | |
1956 | The first performance of My Fair Lady, starring Julie Andrews and Rex Harrison, takes place on Broadway. How Pygmalion went from feminist manifesto to chick flick http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-07-09/how-pygmalion-went-feminist-manifesto-chick-flick |
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1960 | Ten nations meet in Geneva to discuss disarmament. | |
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1767 | Andrew Jackson, seventh President of the United States (1829-1837). Harriet Tubman Ousts Andrew Jackson in Change for a $20 http://nyti.ms/26fe4b3 |
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1854 | Emil von Behring, first recipient of the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1901. | |
1916 | Harry James, American band leader and trumpet player. | |
1933 | Ruth Bader Ginsberg, U.S. Supreme Court Justice. |