1652 ~ Rhode Island passed the first law in North America making slavery illegal.

1765 ~ Fire destroyed one quarter of Montreal, Quebec.

1850 ~ Birthday of Oliver Heaviside, Physicist.

1872 ~ Birthday of Bertrand Russell, Mathematician and Philosopher.

1883 ~ Birthday of Walter Gropius, Architect.

1896 ~ The United States Supreme Court ruled in “Plessy v. Ferguson” that "separate but equal" is constitutional.

1919 ~ Birthday of Dame Margot Fonteyn, Ballet dancer.

1937 ~ Birthday of Brooks Robinson, best Third Baseman ever.

1972 ~ Under project Smiling Buddha, India successfully detonated its first nuclear weapon becoming the sixth nation to do so.

1980 ~ Mount St. Helens erupted, killing 57 and causing US$ 3 billion in damage.

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