BIRTHDAYS:
1816, Sir Daniel Gooch, laid first successful trans-Atlantic cables.

1872, Aubrey Beardsley

1872, Max Beerbohm

1886, William Francis Gibbs, naval architect, designed the Liberty ships

1917, Dennis James

1956, Garry Cooney

1962, Craig Kilborn, comedian, sports announcer

1971, Claudia Schiffer, supermodel


EVENTS:
1916, The National Park Service was established within the Department of the Interior.

1921, The United States signed a peace treaty with Germany.

1944, Paris was liberated by Allied forces after four years of Nazi occupation.

1950, President Truman ordered the Army to seize control of the nation's railroads to avert a strike.

1954, Congress outlaws the Communist Party in the United States.

What force is more potent than love.
- Igor Stravinsky