BIRTHDAYS:
1810, Frederic Chopin, composer

1848, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, US sculptor, designed 1907 $20 gold piece

1917, Robert Lowell, poet

1927, Harry Belafonte, singer

1944, Roger Daltry, lead singer for The Who

1974, Mark Paul Gosselaar, actor


EVENTS:
1781, The Articles of Confederation adopted by Continental Congress.

1784, E. Kidner opens the first cooking school, in Great Britain.

1859, Present seal of San Francisco is adopted, 2nd for the city.

1864, Patent issued for taking & projecting motion pictures to Louis Ducos du Hauron (he never did build such a machine, though).

1867, Nebraska becomes a state.

1879, Library of Hawaii founded.

1927, Bank of Italy becomes a National Bank.

When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say.
- Henny Youngman