1099 – First Crusade: 15,000 starving Christian soldiers march in a religious procession around Jerusalem as its Muslim defenders look on.
1776 – The Declaration of Independence is read aloud in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and the Liberty Bell is rung.
1889 – The first issue of the Wall Street Journal is published.
1932 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average reaches its lowest level of the Great Depression, bottoming out at 41.22.
1982 – Assassination attempt against former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein in Dujail.
Births
1839 – John D. Rockefeller, American industrialist and philanthropist (d. 1937)
1942 – Phil Gramm, American politician
1949 – Wolfgang Puck, Austrian-born celebrity chef
1952 – Jack Lambert, American football player
1961 – Toby Keith, American singer
1962 – Joan Osborne, American singer and songwriter
1968 – Billy Crudup, American actor
1970 – Beck, American singer
Good list of birthdays today with a rich dead dude, a politician, a chef, an old linebacker, a stupid musician, a stupid musician's wife and Beck. But today's highlight birthday is Billy Crudup aka Russell from Stillwater.
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