1542 Catherine Howard was executed for adultery. She was the fifth wife of England's King Henry VIII.

1741 The American Magazine, the first magazine in the U.S., was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

1914 The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (known as ASCAP) was formed in New York City. The society was founded to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members.

1924 King Tut's Tomb is opened.

1935 In Flemington, New Jersey, a jury found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of the kidnapping and death of the infant son
of Charles and Anne Lindbergh.

1945 During World War II, Allied aircraft began bombing the German city of Dresden.

1946 ENIAC is turned on for the first time. Weighing 30 tons and filling an entire room, it is the world's first fully functional electronic digital computer, and about as powerful as a single microchip today.

1961 Frank Sinatra forms Reprise Records, a custom label under Warner Brothers. Among the first artists who will be signed to the Reprise label are Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr.

1965 Sixteen-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, NY.

1997 Astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery brought the Hubble Space Telescope aboard for a tune-up. The tune-up allowed the telescope to see further into the universe.

1997 Star Wars, its "Special Edition" rerelease in theaters, passes the $400,000,000 box office mark.

2000 The last original "Peanuts" comic strip was published by Charles Schulz.

2001 El Savador was hit with an earthquake that measured 6.6 on the Richter Scale. At least 400 people were killed.

2002 In Alexandria, VA, John Walker Lindh plead innocent to a 10-count federal indictment. He was charged with conspiring to kill Americans and aiding Osama bin Laden's terrorist network.

2002 Former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.

Famous Birthdays:
Musician Peter Gabriel born 1950
Talk show host Jerry Springer born 1944
Actress Kim Novak born 1933
Supersonic pilot Chuck Yeager born 1923

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