Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date

1792

France declared war on Austria, marking the start of the French Revolutionary wars.

1836

The Territory of Wisconsin was established by Congress.

1871

Congress authorized President Ulysses S. Grant to declare martial law, impose heavy penalties against terrorist organizations, and use military force to suppress the Ku Klux Klan.

1902

Scientists Marie and Pierre Curie isolated the radioactive element radium.

1916

Wrigley Field opened in Chicago.

1934

Shirley Temple made her movie debut in "Stand Up and Cheer."

1940

RCA publicly demonstrated its new and powerful electron microscope.

1945

During World War II, Allied forces took control of the German cities of Nuremberg and Stuttgart.

1949

Scientists at the Mayo Clinic announced they'd succeeded in synthesizing a hormone found to be useful in treating rheumatoid arthritis; the substance was named ''cortisone.''

1968

Pierre Elliott Trudeau was sworn in as prime minister of Canada.

1969

Pierre Trudeau became Prime Minister of Canada.

1971

The United States Supreme Court upheld the use of busing to achieve racial desegregation in schools.

1999

Two students went on a shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo., killing 12 students and one teacher before taking their own lives.

1745

Philippe Pinel, French physician, founder of psychiatry.

1850

Daniel Chester French, American sculptor of Lincoln Memorial.

1889

Adolf Hitler was born in Braunau, Austria.

1937

George Takei, American television actor.

1951

Luther Vandross, American R&B singer and songwriter.

1961

Don Mattingly, American baseball player.

1972

Carmen Electra (born Tara Leigh Patrick), American actress.

1812

The fourth vice president of the United States, George Clinton, died in Washington at age 73, becoming the first vice president to die while in office. He served under Presidents Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.

1912

Bram Stoker, Irish author of "Dracula."

1992

Benny Hill (born Alfred Hawthorne Hill), British comedian.