1859 – Birth of Katherine Lee Bates who published over 20 books, but is best remembered today for writing the patriotic hymn, “America, the Beautiful” (a.k.a. “O Beautiful for Spacious Skies”)
1908 – First Model T Ford built
1960 – Echo I, the first communications satellite, was launched
1971 – Pete Sampras, American tennis player was born
1973 – Richard Reid (shoe bomber) was born
1977 – Jesper Grønkjær, Danish soccer player was born
1978 – Japan and China sign the Treaty of Peace and Friendship between Japan and the People’s Republic of China
1980 – Signing of the Montevideo Treaty, which established the Latin American Integration Association
1981 – Djibril Cisse, French footballer was born
1992 – Canada, Mexico, and the United States announce completion of negotiations for the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
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