Events (250 years ago today): 1776 – American Revolutionary War: Ships of the Continental Navy fail in their attempt to capture a Royal Navy dispatch boat.

 Events (100 years ago today): 1926 – Varney Airlines makes its first commercial flight (Varney is the root company of United Airlines).

 Births (300 years ago today): 1726 – Gerard Majella, Italian saint (died 1755)

 Births (200 years ago today): 1826 – Gustave Moreau, French painter and academic (died 1898)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Sergio Franchi, Italian-American singer and actor (died 1990)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Gil Kane, Latvian-American author and illustrator (died 2000)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Ian Paisley, Northern Irish evangelical minister and politician, 2nd First Minister of Northern Ireland (died 2014)

 Births (100 years ago today): 1926 – Randy Weston, American jazz pianist and composer (died 2018)

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Candace Cameron Bure, American actress and talk show panelist^[32]

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – James Fox, Welsh singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Chris Hoke, American football player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Georg Hólm, Icelandic bass player

 Births (50 years ago today): 1976 – Hirotada Ototake, Japanese author and educator

 Deaths (650 years ago today): 1376 – Preczlaw of Pogarell, Cardinal and Bishop of Wroc?aw (born 1310)

 Deaths (350 years ago today): 1676 – John Winthrop the Younger, English politician, 1st Governor of Connecticut (born 1606)

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