1953 - First time Oscar awards function was shown was telecast on NBC
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-academy-awards-telecast-on-nbc
2003 - USA launched attack on Iraq
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/war-in-iraq-begins
Birthdays
William Bradford (1589-1657), England. He sailed aboard the Mayflower during its 66-day voyage from Plymouth, England to Massachusetts in 1620. The small ship carried over 100 passengers and a crew of 30. It on Cape Cod. The Mayflower Compact was drawn up there as a form of government. Bradford became the first governor of the new Plymouth Colony, serving a total of 30 years, and was largely responsible for its success.
Explorer and medical missionary David Livingstone (1813-1873). He arrived at Cape Town, Africa, in 1841 and began extensive missionary explorations. In his later years, he sought the source of the Nile River.
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