240 BC - Eratosthenes estimated the circumference of the Earth using two sticks.
1586 - English colonists sailed away from Roanoke Island, NC, after failing to establish England's first permanent settlement in America.
1778 - U.S. General George Washington's troops finally left Valley Forge after a winter of training.
1821 - The Ottomans defeated the Greeks at the Battle of Dragasani.
1862 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln outlined his Emancipation Proclamation, which outlawed slavery in U.S. territories.
1865 - The emancipation of slaves was proclaimed in Texas.
1917 - During World War I, King George V ordered the British royal family to dispense with German titles and surnames. On July 17, 1917, the family took the name "Windsor".
1942 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrived in Washington, DC, to discuss the invasion of North Africa with U.S. President Roosevelt.
Famous Birthdays:
1623 - Blaise Pascal, Mathematician, Physicist, Inventor, The unit of pressure is named after him (pascal, pa)
1936 - Tommy DeVito, Singer
1945 - Aung San Suu Kyi, Political activist, Politician, Human rights activist.
1954 - Kathleen Turner, Actress
1962 - Paula Abdul, Singer/dancer
1980 - Lauren Lee Smith, Actress
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