Historical Events
786
Harun al-Rashid becomes Caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate.
1814
Francis Scott Key writes the poem that becomes "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1901
President McKinley dies of his gunshot wound; Theodore Roosevelt becomes President.
1982
Princess Grace of Monaco dies after a car accident.
1994
Major League Baseball players end their strike after 232 days.
Famous Birthdays
1769
Alexander von Humboldt
German naturalist and geographer who explored and mapped Latin America.
1849
Ivan Pavlov
Russian physiologist who discovered classical conditioning through experiments with dogs.
1879
Margaret Sanger
American birth control activist who founded Planned Parenthood.
1910
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Polish-American author who won the Nobel Prize in Literature.
1983
Andrew Lincoln
British actor known for The Walking Dead.
