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Titian Ramsey Peale, American artist naturalist (American Ornithology), born (1799)

August Ferdinand Mobius, German astronomer and mathematician who did pioneering work in the area of analytic geometry and topology, born (1790)

Martin Scorsese, American film director (Mean Streets, Taxi Driver) born (1942)

Lee Strasberg, theater director and highly regarded teacher of method acting at the Actor’s Studio in New York City, born (1901)

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August Rodin, French sculptor (The Thinker, The Kiss) died in Meudon France (1917)

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U.S. Congress met for the first time in the new capital at Washington, D.C. (1800)

London University graduated its first three women (1880)

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Suez Canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas formally opened after ten years of construction (1869)

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Explorer David Livingstone discovered Victoria Falls in Africa (1855)

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First ship traveled through the Panama Canal (1913)

John Peter Zenger newspaper editor arrested for libel against New York colonial governor and later acquitted because he published true facts; an important early step toward freedom of the press in America (1734)

Leonids meteor shower peaked at approximately 150,000 per hour in Arizona (1966)

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