1812 • The term “gerrymandering” had its beginning when the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, signed a redistricting law that favored his party.

1937 • A sit down strike ends when General Motors recognizes the United Auto Workers Union.

1960 • Jack Paar walked off while live on the air on the Tonight Show with four minutes left. He did this in response to censors cutting out a joke from the show the night before.

1963 • Julia Child’s show The French Chef premieres.

1964 • The Beatles hold their first concert in the U.S. at the Washington Coliseum in Washington, DC.

1982 • ABC-TV’s presentation of The Winds of War concluded. The eighteen-hour miniseries cost $40 million to produce and was the most watched television program in history at the time.

1990 • Nelson Mandela, a political prisoner for 27 years, is released from Victor Verster Prison outside Cape Town, South Africa.

2006 • In Texas, Dick Shamely shot and wounded a campanion during a quail hunt.

Births

1953 • Jeb Bush, 43^rd Governor of Florida

1964 • Sarah Failin, 11^th Governor (first half Governor) and absolute bimbo wingnut of Alaska

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