Today in History

• The Sixth Coalition takes Paris, forcing Napoleon to abdicate (1814)
• Florida is incorporated as a US territory (1822)
• Ether is first used as an anesthetic in surgery (1842)
• The Crimean War ends (1856)
• The US purchases Alaska (1867)
• Jeopardy! premiers (1964)
• Ronald Reagan and three others are shot by John Hinckley, Jr. (1981)

Birthdays

• Jason Dohring, actor (1982)
• Céline Dion, singer (1968)
• Donna D’Errico, playmate and actress (1968)
• Piers Morgan, journalist (1965)
• Tracy Chapman, singer-songwriter (1964)
• Ian Ziering, actor (1964)
• M. C. Hammer, rapper and dancer (1962)
• Laurie Graham, skier (1960)
• Paul Reiser, comedian and actor (1957)
• Robbie Coltrane, actor (1950)
• Ray Magliozzi, Car Talk co-host (1949)
• Naomi Sims, supermodel (1948)
• Eric Clapton, guitarist (1945)
• Jerry Lucas, basketball player (1940)
• Warren Beatty, actor (1937)
• Willie Galimore, football player (1935)
• John Astin, actor (1930)
• Richard Dysart, actor (1929)
• Tom Sharpe, novelist (1928)
• Peter Marshall, game show host (1926)
• McGeorge Bundy, national security advisor (1919)
• Richard Helms, CIA director (1913)
• Frankie Laine, singer (1913)
• Ted Heath, bandleader (1902)
• Серге́й Илью́шин (Sergey Ilyushin), aircraft designer (1894)
• Seán O’Casey, playwright (1880)
• Charles Lightoller, RMS Titanic officer and survivor (1874)
• Mary Whiton Calkins, psychologist (1863)
• Vincent van Gogh, painter (1853) — cover
• Paul Verlaine, poet (1844)
• Anna Sewell, wrote Black Beauty (1820)
• Francisco Goya, painter (1746)

Deaths

• Phil Ramone, record producer (2013)
• Bob Turley, baseball player (2013)
• Red Hickey, football coach (2006)
• ឌិត ប្រន (Dith Pran), Killing Fields survivor (2004)
• Alistair Cooke, journalist and television personality (2004)
• Michael Jeter, actor (2003)
• Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (2002)
• James Cagney, actor and dancer (1986)
• DeWitt Wallace, magazine publisher (1981)
• Gabriel Heatter, radio commentator (1972)
• Maxfield Parrish, painter (1966)
• Chester Gillette, convicted murderer (1908)
• Beau Brummel, fashion icon (1840)

Holidays