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| 1533 |
England’s Queen Elizabeth I was born in Greenwich. |
| 1822 |
Brazil declared its independence from Portugal. |
| 1927 |
TV pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth succeeded in transmitting an image through purely electronic means by using a device called an image dissector. |
| 1936 |
Rock musician Buddy Holly was born Charles Hardin Holley in Lubbock, Texas. |
| 1957 |
NBC-TV debuted the original version of its animated peacock logo. |
| 1977 |
The Panama Canal treaties, calling for the United States to turn over control of the waterway to Panama, were signed in Washington, D.C. |
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| 1979 |
ESPN made its cable TV debut. |
| 1986 |
Desmond Tutu was installed as the first black to lead the Anglican Church in southern Africa. |
| 1990 |
Kimberly Bergalis of Fort Pierce, Fla., came forward to identify herself as the woman who had been infected with AIDS, apparently by her late dentist. (She died the following year.) |
| 1996 |
Rapper Tupac Shakur was shot on the Las Vegas Strip; he died six days later at age 25. |
| 1998 |
St. Louis Cardinals slugger Mark McGwire hit his 61st home run of the season, equaling Roger Maris’ single-season home run record. |
| 2006 |
Former Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armitage confirmed he was the source of a leak that disclosed the identity of CIA employee Valerie Plame, saying he didn’t realize Plame’s job was covert. |
| 2008 |
Troubled mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed in government conservatorship. |
