TODAY IN HISTORY

the 238th day of 2017. There are 127 days left in the year. On this date in 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution, guaranteeing American women’s right to vote, was certified in effect by Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby.

France’s National Assembly adopted its Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.

the first televised majorleague baseball games were shown on experimental station W2XBS: a doubleheader between the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field.

French Gen. Charles de Gaulle braved the threat of German snipers as he led a victory march in Paris, which had just been liberated.

the Soviet Union announced that it had successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile.

the Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago; the four-day event that resulted in the nomination of Hubert H. Humphrey for president was marked by a bloody police crackdown on antiwar protesters in the streets.

In 1978, Cardinal Albino Luciani of Venice was elected pope following the death of Paul VI and took the name Pope John Paul I. He died just over a month later.

in the “preppie murder case,” 18-year-old Jennifer Levin was strangled in New York’s Central Park; Robert Chambers later pleaded guilty and served 15 years in prison.

Former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge and rhythm-and-blues singer Valerie Simpson are 72. Pop singer Bob Cowsill is 68. Broadcast journalist Bill Whitaker is 66. Actor Brett Cullen is 61. NBA coach Stan Van Gundy is 58. Jazz musician Branford Marsalis is 57. Country musician Jimmy Olander (Diamond Rio) is 56. Actor Chris Burke is 52. Rock musician Adrian Young (No Doubt) is 48. Actress Melissa McCarthy is 47. Latin pop singer Thalia is 46. Actor Mike Colter is 41. Actors Macaulay Culkin and Chris Pine are 37. Actor Johnny Ray Gill is 33. Rhythmand-blues singer Cassie Ventura is 31. Actor Dylan O’Brien is 26. Actress Keke Palmer is 24.