1908: Congress approves $3.1 million for a naval station at Pearl Harbor.
1918: First U.S. airmail stamp, featuring a picture of a Curtiss JN-4 biplane, is issued to the public with a face value of 24 cents.
1940: Prime minister Winston Churchill rallies the country to war saying, "I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat."
1950: The Diner's Club issues its first credit cards.
1981: Pope John Paul II is shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant.
1985: Bruce Springsteen and actress Julianne Phillips marry in Oregon on her 25th birthday. They divorced in 1988.
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Today's Birthdays:
Boxer Joe Louis (1914-1981)Actress Beatrice Arthur (1926-2009)
Actor Harvey Keitel (1939)
Singer Peter Gabriel (1950)
Singer Stevie Wonder (1950)
Actor-comedian Stephen Colbert (1964)
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Something to Think About:
"The memory of every man is his own private literature." ~ Aldous Huxley
