Today in History

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Events
1869 - Cardiff Giant, one of the most famous American hoaxes, discovered.
1869 - England's first residential college for women, Girton College, is founded in Cambridge
1906 - "Captain of the Köpenick" fools the city hall of Köpenick and several soldiers by impersonating a Prussian officer
1973 - Henry Kissinger and Le Duc Tho awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
1978 - Karol Józef Wojtyła becomes Pope John Paul II
1984 - Desmond Tutu awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
2002 - Bibliotheca Alexandrina in the Egyptian city of Alexandria, a commemoration of the Library of Alexandria that was lost in antiquity, was officially inaugurated

Births
1430 - James II of Scotland (d. 1460)
1714 - Giovanni Arduino, geologist (d. 1795)
1758 - Noah Webster, American lexicographer
1886 - David Ben-Gurion, first Prime Minister of Israel (d. 1973)
1890 - Michael Collins, Irish patriot (d. 1922)
1947 - Bob Weir, musician (The Grateful Dead)

Deaths
1973 - Gene Krupa, musician
1981 - Moshe Dayan, Israeli general
1997 - James Michener, writer
1998 - Jon Postel, American Internet pioneer
  RFCs
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Holidays
United States - Boss's Day