Howdy, Headliners! Celebrating a birthday today is Ellas Otha Bates, better known as Bo Diddley. Among the other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear:

• 1813 – War of 1812: British soldiers burn Buffalo, New York.
• 1896 – Canadian ice hockey player Ernie McLea scores the first hat-trick in Stanley Cup play, and the Cup-winning goal as the Montreal Victorias defeat the Winnipeg Victorias 6–5.
• 1903 – A fire at the Iroquois Theater in Chicago, Illinois kills at least 605.




• 1919 – Lincoln’s Inn in London, England, UK admits its first female bar student.




• 1922 – The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics is formed.
• 1936 – The United Auto Workers union stages its first sitdown strike.
• 1948 – The Cole Porter Broadway musical, Kiss Me, Kate (1,077 performances), opens at the New Century Theatre and becomes the first show to win the Best Musical Tony Award.
• 1965 – Ferdinand Marcos becomes President of the Philippines.







• 1977 – For the second time, Ted Bundy escapes from his cell in Glenwood Springs, Colorado.




• 1981 – In the 39th game of his third NHL season, Wayne Gretzky scores five goals, giving him 50 on the year and setting a new NHL record previously held by Maurice Richard and Mike Bossy, who earlier had each scored 50 goals in 50 games.




• 1993 – Israel and Vatican City establish diplomatic relations.
• 2006 – Former President of Iraq Saddam Hussein is executed.

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