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197426th Emmy Awards: MASH, Alan Alda & Mary Tyler Moore win
1983"Ricky" by Weird Al Yankovic hits #63
1999In Milan, Italy, after 22 years of restoration work, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Last Supper" is put back on display.
1946Manuel Roxas was inaugurated as the last President of the Commonwealth of the Philippines
1971Paul McCartney releases his 2nd solo album "Ram"
1754Battle of Jumonville Glen: forces led by George Washington kill French Canadian officer Joseph Coulon de Jumonville
1431Joan of Arc accused of relapsing back into heresy by donning male clothing again, providing justification for her execution
1937Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1982Pope John Paul II is 1st reigning pope to visit Great Britain (Adrian IV was born in England, as Nicholas Breakspear)
1521Pope Leo X signs treaty with Holy Roman Emperor Charles V
1968Kylie Minogue, Melbourne, Australian pop star and singer (Locomotion)
1938Jerry West, West Virginia, NBA superstar (LA Lakers, Olympic-gold-1960)
1660George I, Hanover, Germany, King of England (1714-27)
1910T-Bone Walker, Linden Tx, blues guitarist (Funky Town, Well Done)
1954"The Bad and the Beautiful" actor Kirk Douglas (37) weds producer Ann Buydens (24) at Sahara Hotel in Las Vegas
1959Muppeteer Jim Henson (22) weds Jane Nebel (24) in Salisbury, Maryland
1971NBA center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (24) weds school teacher Janice Brown
1998"Xena: The Warrior Princess" Lucy Lawless (30) weds executive producer Rob Tapert (43) at Saint Monica Catholic Church in Santa Monica, California
1978NBA legend Jerry West (40) weds cheerleader Karen Bua
1948Film director Stanley Kubrick (19) weds high school sweetheart Toba Metz
1988Journalist Harry Reasoner (65) weds Lois Harriett Weber
2005Politician Justin Trudeau (33) weds tv host Sophie Grégoire (30) in a Catholic ceremony at Montreal's Sainte-Madeleine d'Outremont Church
1998Phil Hartman, Canadian actor and comedian, murdered by his wife in his sleep at 49
1843Noah Webster, lexicographer (Webster's Dictionary), dies at 84
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