Highlights in history
• In 1789, President George Washington signed a Judiciary Act establishing America’s federal court system and creating the post of attorney general.
• In 1890, the president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Wilford Woodruff, wrote a manifesto renouncing the practice of plural marriage, or polygamy.
• In 1955, President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver.
• In 1960, the USS Enterprise, the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia.
• In 1960, “The Howdy Doody Show” ended a nearly 13-year run with its final telecast on NBC.
• In 1964, the TV sitcom “The Munsters” premiered on CBS television, and the adventures series “Daniel Boone,” starring Fess Parker, debuted on NBC.
• In 1976, former hostage Patricia Hearst was sentenced to seven years in prison for her part in a 1974 bank robbery in San Francisco carried out by the Symbionese Liberation Army. (Hearst was released after 22 months after receiving clemency from President Jimmy Carter.)
• In 1988, Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson won the men’s 100-meter dash at the Seoul Summer Olympics — but he was disqualified three days later for using anabolic steroids.
• In 2015, a stampede and crush of
Muslim pilgrims occurred at an intersection near a holy site in Saudi Arabia; it was estimated that more than 2,400 people were killed (the official Saudi toll stood at 769).
• In 2019, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi launched a formal impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump.
Central Ohio history
• In 1949, the first local telecast of an Ohio State football game aired on WCMH-TV, then known as WLWC (Channel 3).
Birthdays
• R&B singer Sonny Turner (The Platters) is 81
• Singer Gerry Marsden (Gerry and the Pacemakers) is 78
• News anchor Lou Dobbs is 75
• Football Hall Famer “Mean” Greene is 74
• Actor Kevin Sorbo is 62
• Actor Megan Ward is 51
• Ohio State Heisman Trophy winner and former NFL All-pro running back Eddie George is 47
• Contemporary Christian musician Juan Devevo (Casting Crowns) is 45
• Olympic gold medal gymnast Paul Hamm is 38
• Actor Spencer Treat Clark is 33 • Actor Grey Damon is 33
• Actor Kyle Sullivan is 32
• Actor Ben Platt is 27
Source: Associated Press of Joe