Historical Events
1793
Queen Marie Antoinette of France is guillotined.
1846
The first surgical use of anesthesia is demonstrated at Massachusetts General Hospital.
1859
John Brown raids the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry.
1916
Margaret Sanger opens the first birth control clinic in the US.
1978
Cardinal Karol Wojtyla becomes Pope John Paul II, the first Polish pope.
Famous Birthdays
1758
Noah Webster
American lexicographer who compiled the first American dictionary.
1854
Oscar Wilde
Irish playwright and poet known for The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Importance of Being Earnest.
1888
Eugene O'Neill
American playwright who won four Pulitzer Prizes and the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1925
Angela Lansbury
British-American actress known for Murder, She Wrote.
1962
Mandy Patinkin
American actor known for The Princess Bride and Homeland.
