Historical Events
451
The Council of Chalcedon opens.
1871
The Great Chicago Fire begins, killing 300 people and destroying 18,000 buildings.
1918
US Army Corporal Alvin York captures 132 German soldiers.
1967
Che Guevara is captured in Bolivia; he is executed the next day.
2005
A 7.6-magnitude earthquake strikes Pakistan, killing over 80,000 people.
Famous Birthdays
1854
Henry Ware Eliot
American businessman and father of T.S. Eliot.
1869
Franklin P. Adams
American journalist and humorist.
1895
Juan Perón
Argentine military officer who served as President three times.
1939
Paul Hogan
Australian comedian and actor known for Crocodile Dundee.
1941
Jesse Jackson
American civil rights activist and Baptist minister.
