Historical events
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- 1633 Galileo Galilei forced to recant his Copernican views that the Earth orbits the Sun by the Pope (Oct 31 1992 Vatican admits it was wrong)
- 1847 First ring doughnut supposedly created by Hanson Gregory
- 1874 Game of lawn tennis introduced
- 1940 France falls to Nazi Germany; armistice signed, France disarms
Birthdays
- 1918 Cicely Saunders, English nurse, physician and writer who founded the first modern hospice, born in Barnet, England (d. 2005)
- 1949 Meryl Streep, American actress (French Lieutenant's Woman, Sophie's Choice), born in Summit, New Jersey
- 1953 Cyndi Lauper, American singer (Girls Just Want To Have Fun, Time After Time), born in New York City
- 1953 Bruce McAvaney, Australian sports broadcaster
- 1960 Erin Brockovich, American legal clerk and envirnomental campaigner, born in Lawrence, Kansas