11 - Napoleon Abdicates

1689: William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.

1775: Last recorded execution for witchcraft takes place.

1814: Napoleon Bonaparte abdicate as emperor of France and is banished to the island of Elba.

1906: Einstein introduces his Theory of Relativity.

1951: President Truman relieves General Douglas MacArthur of his commands during the Korean War after the general publicly criticized the administration's war policy.

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Today's Birthdays:
Missionary David Zeisberger (1721-1808)
Poet Christopher Smart (1722-1771)
Educator & Orator Edward Everett (1794-1865)
Pianist Charles Halle (1819-1895)
Art collector Lizzie P. Bliss (1864-1931)
Vaudeville star Lou Holtz (1893-1980)
Dean G. Acheson (1893-1971)
Scientist Percy Julian (1899-1975)
Cartoonist Dale Messick 1906
Humorist Leo Rosten (1908-)
1st black woman Yale law School grad Jane Bolin (1908)
Masura Ibuka, industrialist (1908)
Fashion designer Oleg Cassini (1913)
Ethel Kennedy (1928)
Vaudeville star Bill Irwin (1950)
Joss Stone, English Musician (1987)

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Something to Think About:
"Our greatest happiness in life does not depend on the condition of life in which chance has placed us, but is always the result of good conscience, good health, occupation, and freedom in all-just pursuits." ~ Thomas Jefferson

10 - Beatles Break Up

1866: American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals is incorporated by activist Henry Bergh.

1919: Mexican revolutionary Zapata is shot dead by government forces.

1925: "The Great Gatsby," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, is first published.

1963: the nuclear-powered submarine USS Thresher fails to surface off Cape Cod, Mass., in a disaster that claimed 129 lives.

1970: Hawaii Senator Daniel K. Inouye says the United States should admit it made a tragic mistake in Vietnam and should propose an immediate and complete cease-fire.

1970: Paul McCartney announces the break-up of the Beatles and says that he doesn’t know “whether the break will be temporary or permanent.”

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Today's Birthdays:

English writer William Hazlitt (1778)
Commodore Matthew Perry (1794)
Ben Hur novelist Lew Wallace 1827
Salvation Army founder William Booth (1829)
Journalist Joseph Pulitzer (1847)
Educator Frances Perkins (1880)
Clare Boothe Luce 1903
Football coach/broadcaster John Madden (1936)
Football player/broadcaster Don Meredith (1938)
Producer Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds (1958)
American musician Brian Setzer (1959)
Activist Afrika Bambaataa (1960)
American singer/actress Mandy Moore (1984)

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Something to Think About:

"Life is magic, the way nature works seems to be quite magical." ~ Jonas Salk