- Marie Antoinette: queen was beheaded during the French Revolution (1793)
- birth control: Margaret Sanger founded the first clinic in the US, in Brooklyn, New York, for which she was arrested (1916)
- Million Man March: African-American men rallied in Washington, DC, led by Louis Farrakhan (1995)
Today's Birthdays
- Oscar Wilde (1854-1900): Irish-born playwright and novelist
- David Ben-Gurion (1886-1973): first prime minister of Israel
- Angela Lansbury (82): star of Murder, She Wrote
- Tim Robbins (49): actor/filmmaker, Shawshank Redemption









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