Historical Events
1847
Liberia declares its independence.
1953
Fidel Castro leads an attack on the Moncada Barracks in Cuba, starting the Cuban Revolution.
1956
Egypt nationalizes the Suez Canal.
1990
The Americans with Disabilities Act is signed into law.
1997
The US stock market reaches a record high of 8,038.88 on the Dow Jones.
Famous Birthdays
1856
George Bernard Shaw
Irish playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature and an Academy Award.
1875
Carl Jung
Swiss psychiatrist who founded analytical psychology.
1894
Aldous Huxley
English author known for Brave New World.
1908
Salvador Allende
Chilean president who was the first Marxist to win a free presidential election.
1943
Mick Jagger
British musician and frontman of the Rolling Stones.
