On this day in...
1587 – Virginia Dare, granddaughter of governor John White of the Colony of Roanoke, becomes the first English child born in the Americas.
1920 – The Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, guaranteeing women's suffrage
1963 – American civil rights movement: James Meredith becomes the first black person to graduate from the University of Mississippi.
2005 – Dennis Rader is sentenced to 175 years in prison for the BTK serial killings.
Births
1920 – Shelley Winters, American actress (d. 2006)
1934 – Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican baseball player and humanitarian (d. 1972)
1936 – Robert Redford, American actor
1957 – Denis Leary, American comedian and actor
1978 – Andy Samberg, American comedian
I'm having a pretty good day today so I guess I'll spotlight another guy having a great day - Andy Samberg.
1980 – Jeremy Shockey, American football player
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