1831 | Belgium became independent as Leopold I was proclaimed King of the Belgians. |
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1861 | The first Battle of Bull Run was fought at Manassas, Va., during the Civil War, resulting in a Confederate victory. |
1899 | Author Ernest Hemingway was born in Oak Park, Ill. |
1944 | The Democratic National Convention in Chicago nominated Sen. Harry S. Truman to be vice president. |
1949 | The U.S. Senate ratified the North Atlantic Treaty. |
1954 | France surrendered North Vietnam to the Communists. |
1961 | Capt. Virgil "Gus" Grissom became the second American to rocket into a sub-orbital pattern around the Earth, flying on the Liberty Bell 7. |
1969 | Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin blasted off from the moon aboard the lunar module. |
1988 | Massachusetts Gov. Michael Dukakis accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party's convention in Atlanta. |
1998 | Astronaut Alan Shepard died at age 74. |
2002 | Telecommunications giant WorldCom Inc. filed for bankruptcy protection after disclosing it had inflated profits by nearly $4 billion through deceptive accounting. |
2007 | "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," the final volume in the book series by J.K. Rowling, went on sale. |
2008 | Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, one of the world's top war crimes fugitives, was arrested in a Belgrade suburb by Serbian security forces. |
2010 | President Barack Obama signed into law the most sweeping overhaul of U.S. lending and high finance rules since the 1930s. |
2011 | The space shuttle program came to an end after 30 years as Atlantis landed at Cape Canaveral, Fla.. |
BIRTHDAYS!!!!
1922 | Kay Starr, Singer, turns 92 |
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1926 | Norman Jewison, Director ("Moonstruck"), turns 88 |
1938 | Janet Reno, Former attorney general, turns 76 |
1939 | John Negroponte, Former national intelligence director, turns 75 |
1943 | Edward Herrmann, Actor, turns 71 |
1948 | Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens), Singer, songwriter, turns 66 |
1948 | Garry Trudeau, Cartoonist ("Doonesbury"), turns 66 |
1951 | Robin Williams, Actor, comedian, turns 63 |
1953 | Eric Bazilian, Rock musician (The Hooters), turns 61 |
1957 | Jon Lovitz, Actor, comedian ("Saturday Night Live"), turns 57 |
1968 | Brandi Chastain, Soccer player, turns 46 |
1978 | Sprague Grayden, Actress, turns 36 |
1978 | Josh Hartnett, Actor, turns 36 |
1981 | Blake Lewis, Singer ("American Idol"), turns 33 |
1983 | Kellen Winslow, Football player, turns 31 |
1985 | Vanessa Lengies, Actress ("American Dreams"), turns 29 |