Events:
1804 - Napoleon Bonaparte is proclaimed Emperor of France by the French Senate.
1910 - The Earth passes through the tail of Comet Halley.
1980 - 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: Mount St. Helens erupts in Washington, killing 57 people and causing $3 billion in damage. (actually a few hours after I was born, maybe I should have waited just a wee bit longer)
Births:
1872 - Lord Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1970)
1901 - Vincent du Vigneaud, American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1978)
1955 - Chow Yun-Fat, Hong Kong actor
Death:
1973 - Jeannette Rankin, first U.S. Congresswoman (b. 1880)
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