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Good morning Tala and HAPPY 30TH BIRTHDAY! :D
ON THIS DAY, YOUR BIRTHDAY, IN HISTORY:
1215 King John put his seal to Magna Carta at Runnymede, England, granting his barons more liberty.
1775 The Second Continental Congress voted unanimously to appoint George Washington head of the Continental Army.
1836 Arkansas became the 25th state.
1844 Charles Goodyear received a patent for a process to strengthen rubber.
1846 The United States and Britain signed a treaty settling a boundary dispute between Canada and the United States in the Pacific Northwest.
1849 James Polk, the 11th president of the United States, died in Nashville, Tenn., at age 53.
1864 Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton signed an order establishing a military burial ground, which became Arlington National Cemetery.
1923 Baseball hall-of-famer Lou Gehrig made his major league debut with the New York Yankees.
1978 King Hussein of Jordan married 26-year-old American Lisa Halaby, who became Queen Noor.
1992 Vice President Dan Quayle erroneously instructed a Trenton, N.J., elementary school student to spell potato as ''potatoe'' during a spelling bee.
1993 Former Texas Gov. John Connally died at age 76.
1994 Israel and the Vatican established full diplomatic relations.
1995 During his murder trial, O.J. Simpson struggled to don a pair of gloves that prosecutors said were worn by the killer of Simpson's ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
1996 Singer Ella Fitzgerald died at age 78.
2003 A jury in Houston convicted accounting firm Arthur Andersen of obstruction of justice.
Tala shares her birthday with:
Courtney Cox who turns 41 today
Jim Belushi turns 51 today
Helen Hunt turns 42 today
Ice Cube turns 36 today
Have a great day Tala & everyone! :D
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