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TODAY IN HISTORY:
1248 Construction of Cologne Cathedral begun

1457 Oldest known exactly dated printed book (c 3 years after Gutenberg)

1765 Mass colonists challenge British rule by an Elm (Liberty Tree)

1846 Henry David Thoreau jailed for tax resistance

1848 Oregon Territory created

1862 Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with US president

1880 Construction of Cologne Cathedral completed (wait!!! That's 632 years)

1893 France issues 1st driving licenses, included required test

1935 Social Security Act became law

1941 Atlantic Charter signed by FDR & Churchill

1945 V-J Day; Japan surrenders unconditionally to end WW II

1962 US mail truck in Plymouth, Mass robbed of more than $1.5 million

1965 Beatles tape an appearance for the Ed Sullivan Show

1966 1st US lunar orbiter begins orbiting the Moon

1974 Congress authorizes US citizens to own gold


HAPPY BIRTHDAY:
1774 Meriwether Lewis Charlottsville VA, capt of Lewis & Clark Expedition

1941 David Crosby rocker (Crosby, Stills & Nash-Southern Cross)

1945 Steve Martin Waco Tx, comedian (The Jerk, Man With 2 Brains)

1958 Earvin (Magic) Johnson NBA star (LA Lakers)

DEATHS ON THIS DAY:
1951 William Randolph Hearst newspaper publisher, dies in Beverly Hills

1958 Gladys L Presley mom of Elvis, dies at 46