Historical Events
1797
André-Jacques Garnerin makes the first parachute jump from a balloon.
1836
Sam Houston is inaugurated as President of the Republic of Texas.
1957
The first American troops are sent to Vietnam.
1962
President Kennedy reveals Soviet missile installations in Cuba.
2014
A gunman attacks the Canadian parliament; a soldier is killed at the National War Memorial.
Famous Birthdays
1811
Franz Liszt
Hungarian Romantic composer and virtuoso pianist.
1844
Sarah Bernhardt
French stage actress regarded as the greatest actress of the 19th century.
1882
Doris Lessing
British novelist who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1917
Joan Fontaine
American actress who won the Academy Award for Suspicion.
1943
Catherine Deneuve
French actress known for Belle de Jour and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg.
