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ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY:
1782 The United States and Britain signed preliminary peace articles in Paris, ending the Revolutionary War.
1804 Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase went on trial, accused of political bias. He was acquitted by the Senate.
1835 Author Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in Florida, Mo.
1874 British statesman Winston Churchill was born at Blenheim Palace in Oxfordshire.
1900 Author Oscar Wilde died at age 46.
1962 U Thant of Burma was elected secretary-general of the United Nations, succeeding the late Dag Hammarskjold.
1966 The former British colony of Barbados became independent.
1979 The album ''The Wall'' by Pink Floyd was released.
1981 The United States and the Soviet Union opened negotiations in Geneva aimed at reducing nuclear weapons in Europe.
1993 President Bill Clinton signed into law the Brady bill, which requires a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases and background checks of prospective buyers.
1993 Authorities in California arrested Richard Allen Davis, who confessed to abducting and killing 12 year-old Polly Klaas of Petaluma.
On Nov. 30, 1995, President Clinton became the first U.S. chief executive to visit Northern Ireland.
1999 The opening of a 135-nation trade gathering in Seattle was disrupted by at least 40,000 demonstrators, some of whom clashed with police.
2001 Robert Tools, the first person to receive a fully self-contained artificial heart, died in Louisville, Ky., after living with the device for 151 days.
2001 In Georgia, former DeKalb County Sheriff Sidney Dorsey and two other men were arrested and charged with murder in the slaying of sheriff-elect Derwin Brown, who had defeated Dorsey in a bitter runoff election.
Birthdays...
Actor-director Ben Stiller turns 40 years old today.
88 Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Actor
78 Robert Guillaume
Actor (''Benson'')
76 Dick Clark
Producer-TV personality (''American Bandstand'')
75 G. Gordon Liddy
Radio talk show host
68 Ridley Scott
Director (''Gladiator,'' ''Black Hawk Down'')
60 Roger Glover
Rock musician (Deep Purple)
53 Mandy Patinkin
Actor-singer
50 Billy Idol
Singer
35 Sandra Oh
Actress (''Sideways'')
27 Clay Aiken
Singer (''American Idol'')
20 Kaley Cuoco
Actress (''8 Simple Rules'')
Have a great day all. You too Tala. :D
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