Today in History

From wikipedia.org:

Events
1360 - The Treaty of Brétigny was ratified at Calais, marking the end of the first phase of the Hundred Years' War
1861 - First transcontinental telegraph line completed, ending the Pony Express
1998 - Launch of Deep Space 1 comet/asteroid mission

Births
1632 - Anton van Leeuwenhoek, microbiologist (d.1723)
1939 - F. Murray Abraham, Acadamy Award-winning actor

Deaths
996 - King Hugh Capet of France
1672 - John Webb, architect
1948 - Franz Lehár, composer
1972 - Jackie Robinson, member of the Baseball Hall of Fame
1991 - Gene Roddenberry, creator of the Star Trek series
1997 - Don Messick, voice actor