BIRTHDAYS:
1929, Ed Adner, actor

1954, Beverly D'Angelo, actress

1957, Kevin Eubanks, Tonight Show with Jay Leno bandleader


EVENTS:
1777, The Articles of Confederation, instituting perpetual union of the United States of America, are adopted by Congress.

1881, The American Federation of Labor is founded.

1926, The National Broadcasting Co. debuted with a radio network of 24 stations.

1939, President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.

1960, The first submarine with nuclear missiles, USS George Washington, takes to sea from Charleston, South Carolina.

1984, Baby Fae dies 20 days after receiving a baboon heart transplant in Loma Linda, California.

Truth will not be ignored. It will rise up and consume us.
- Katharine Wylde