Highlights in history
■ In 1917, the Great Atlanta Fire broke out, burning 300 acres, destroying nearly 2,000 buildings and displacing 10,000 residents.
■ In 1932, Amelia Earhart became the first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, landing in Northern Ireland about 15 hours after leaving Newfoundland.
■ In 1945, actors Humphrey Bogart, 45, and Lauren Bacall, 20, were married at Malabar Farm in Lucas, Ohio. ■ In former Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi (above) was assassinated during national elections by a suicide bomber.
■ Ten years ago: The Supreme Court ruled that parents didn't need to hire a lawyer in order to sue public school districts over their children's special-education needs.
■ One year ago: President Barack Obama left on a 16,000-mile trip to Asia in an effort to boost economic and security cooperation.
Birthdays
■ 69: Leo Sayer, singer
■ 65: Mr. T, actor
■ 60: Judge Reinhold, actor ■ 30: Cody Johnson, country singer
■ 26: Sarah Ramos, actress
Thought for today
"Our present addiction to pollsters and forecasters is a symptom of our chronic uncertainty about the future. ... We watch our experts read the entrails of statistical tables and graphs the way the ancients watched their soothsayers read the entrails of a chicken." — Eric Hoffer, American philosopher (1902-83)