Today in History in 1836 Arkansas became the 25th state of the Union; in 1864 Robert E. Lee’s home area in Arlington, Virginia becomes a military cemetery; and in 1928 Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for the 50th and final time.
Our on this day in history archives contain over 200,000 events, birthdays and deaths from 6,000 years of history. Here is a roundup of a few of them:
Historical Events
763 BC - Assyrians record a solar eclipse that will be used to fix the chronology of Mesopotamian history.
1215 - King John signs Magna Carta at Runnymede, near Windsor, England
1775 - George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army
1836 - Arkansas becomes 25th state of the Union
1844 - Goodyear patents vulcanization of rubber
1846 - Oregon Treaty signed, setting US-British boundary at 49°N
1864 - Robert E. Lee's home area (Arlington, VA) becomes a military cemetery
1877 - Henry Ossian Flipper becomes 1st African American to graduate from West Point Military Academy
1896 - Tsunami strikes Shinto festival on beach at Sanriku, Japan; 27,000 are killed, 9,000 injured and 13,000 houses destroyed.
1916 - Boys Scouts of America forms
1924 - Ford Motor Company manufactures its 10 millionth Model T automobile
1928 - Ty Cobb, 41, steals home for 50th & final time
First Director of the FBI J. Edgar HooverFirst Director of the FBI J. Edgar Hoover1924 - J. Edgar Hoover assumed leadership of the FBI
1940 - World War II: France surrenders to NAZI Germany, German troops occupy Paris
1965 - Bob Dylan records "Like a Rolling Stone"
1994 - Disney's animated musical film "The Lion King" opens in theaters with $42 million
Famous Birthdays
1923 - Erroll Garner, American jazz pianist (Misty), born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1946 - Janet Lennon, vocalist (Lennon Sisters)
1953 - Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China (2012-) and President of the People's Republic of China (2013-), born in Beijing
1954 - James Belushi, comedian (Sat Night Live, Trading Places), born in Chicago, Illinois
1964 - Courteney Cox, Birmingham, Alabama, American actress (Monica Geller on the NBC sitcom Friends)
Famous Weddings
1777 - First American flag seamstress Betsy Ross (25) weds mariner Joseph Ashburn
1905 - Princess Margaret of Connaught marries Gustav, Crown Prince of Sweden.
1953 - Sci-Fi author Arthur C. Clarke (35) weds Marilyn Torgenson in New York
1966 - English writer of blockbusters, Jackie Collins weds 2nd husband Oscar Lerman
1978 - Jordan's King Hussein marries Elizabeth Halaby, 26-yr-old American
1992 - Director Frank Perry (Mommie Dearest) marries Virginia Bush Ford
2000 - "Murphy Brown" actress Candice Bergen (54) weds New York real estate magnate Marshall Rose (63) at a Manhattan synagogue
2002 - "American Pie" actress Shannon Elizabeth (28) weds actor Joe Reitman (34) in Jalisco, Mexico
2002 - Actor Charlie Sheen (36) weds actress Denise Richards (31) under a rose arch dotted by over 1000 blooms in Brentwood, California
2010 - Film actor and producer Harrison Ford (67) weds actress and Golden Globe Award winner Calista Flockhart (45) in Santa Fe, New Mexico
2013 - "Hart of Dixie" actor Cress Williams (42) weds girlfriend Kristen Torrianni in Texas
Famous Divorces
1989 - Singer-songwriter Courtney Love (24) divorces vocalist James Moreland only 4 months after getting married
2011 - Actress and model Elizabeth Hurley (45) divorces businessman Arun Nayar due to husband's unreasonable behavior
Famous Deaths
1849 - James Knox Polk, 11th US President (1845-1849), dies in Nashville Tenn at 53
1989 - Victor French, actor (#44-Get Smart, Highway to Heaven), dies at 54
1996 - Ella Fitzgerald, singer, dies at 78
1996 - Sir Fitzroy Maclean, Ist Baronet, Scottish adventurer, soldier, writer and politician and an inspiration for Ian Flemings James Bond, dies at 85
2014 - Casey Kasem, creator of American Top 40 and the voice of Shaggy on Scooby-Doo, dies from Lewy body dementia at 82
2014 - Daniel Keyes, American author (Flowers for Algernon), dies from complications from pneumonia at 86
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