Historical Events
1346
The Battle of Crécy: the English defeat the French.
1920
Women gain the right to vote when the 19th Amendment is certified as part of the US Constitution.
1978
Pope John Paul I is elected.
1980
Poland's communist government recognizes the Solidarity trade union.
2004
Edvard Munch's famous painting The Scream is stolen from a museum in Oslo.
Famous Birthdays
1743
Antoine Lavoisier
French chemist considered the "Father of Modern Chemistry" who discovered oxygen's role in combustion.
1873
Lee De Forest
American inventor who invented the triode vacuum tube.
1910
Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian nun and Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
1935
Geraldine Ferraro
American politician who was the first woman nominated by a major party for Vice President.
1951
Ben Bradlee
American journalist who was editor of The Washington Post during Watergate.
