| On this date in: |
| 1844 |
Mormon leader Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum, were killed by a mob in Carthage, Ill. |
| 1893 |
The New York stock market crashed. |
| 1944 |
American forces completed their capture of the French port of Cherbourg from the Germans three weeks after D-Day. |
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| 1957 |
More than 500 people were killed when Hurricane Audrey slammed through coastal Louisiana and Texas. |
| 1969 |
Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City’s Greenwich Village, clashed with police in an incident considered to be the birth of the gay rights movement. |
| 1972 |
The video game company Atari was founded by Nolan Bushnell and Ted Dabney in Santa Clara, Calif. |
| 1977 |
Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was named a cardinal by Pope Paul VI. |
| 1980 |
President Jimmy Carter signed legislation reviving draft registration. |
| 1985 |
Route 66, which originally stretched from Chicago to Santa Monica, Calif., passed into history as officials decertified the road. |
| 2005 |
BTK serial killer Dennis Rader pleaded guilty to 10 murders that spread fear across Wichita, Kan., beginning in the 1970s. (He later received multiple life sentences.) |
| 2007 |
Gordon Brown became British prime minister, succeeding Tony Blair. |
| 2011 |
Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted by a federal jury in Chicago of corruption. (He was later sentenced to 14 years in prison.) |
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| Today’s Birthdays: |
| Fashion designer Vera Wang turns 67 years old today. |
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| Name |
Profession |
Age |
| Ross Perot |
Business executive, former presidential candidate |
86 |
| Bruce Johnston |
Rock musician, singer (The Beach Boys) |
74 |
| Julia Duffy |
Actress (“Newhart”) |
65 |
| Isabelle Adjani |
Actress |
61 |
| J.J. Abrams |
Writer, producer (“Lost,” “Alias”) |
50 |
| Tobey Maguire |
Actor (“Spider-Man” movies) |
41 |
| Khloe Kardashian |
Reality TV star |
32 |
| Ed Westwick |
Actor (“Gossip Girl”) |
29 |
| Sen. Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H. turns 48 years old today. |
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| AP Photo/Charles Dharapak |
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