Howdy, Headliners! Today’s birthday boy is Vice President Hubert Humphrey, who would have been 103 had he not had the misfortune of dying. Here are some other Headlines Du Jour of yesteryear.

• 1813 – War of 1812: In Canada, American forces capture Fort George.




• 1896 – The F4-strength St. Louis-East St. Louis Tornado hits in St. Louis, Missouri, and East Saint Louis, Illinois, killing at least 255 people and causing $2.9 billion in damage (1997 USD).





• 1907 – Bubonic plague breaks out in San Francisco, California.
• 1927 – The Ford Motor Company ceases manufacture of the Ford Model T and begins to retool plants to make the Ford Model A.




• 1930 – The 1,046 feet (319 m) Chrysler Building in New York City, the tallest man-made structure at the time, opens to the public.




• 1933 – The Century of Progress World’s Fair opens in Chicago, Illinois.
• 1937 – In California, the Golden Gate Bridge opens to pedestrian traffic, creating a vital link between San Francisco and Marin County, California.
• 1941 – World War II: The German battleship Bismarck is sunk in the North Atlantic killing almost 2,100 men.
• 1962 – The Centralia mine fire is ignited in the town’s landfill above a coal mine.
• 1968 – Major League Baseball‘s National League awards Montreal the first franchise in Canada and the first franchise outside the United States. (the Montreal Expos)
• 1995 – In Culpeper, Virginia, the actor Christopher Reeve is paralyzed from the neck down after falling from his horse in a riding competition.
• 1997 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that Paula Jones can pursue her sexual harassment lawsuit against President Bill Clinton while he is in office.

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