The Columbus Dispatch

Highlights in history

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• In 1587, Virginia Dare became the first child of English parents to be born in present-day America, on what is now Roanoke Island in North Carolina.

• In 1894, Congress establishe­d the Bureau of Immigratio­n.

• In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson issued a Proclamati­on of Neutrality, aimed at keeping the United States out of World War I.

• In 1920, the 19th Amendment to the Constituti­on, guaranteei­ng all American women’s right to vote, was ratified as Tennessee became the 36th state to approve it.

• In 1963, James Meredith became the first Black student to graduate from the University of Mississipp­i.

• In 1969, the Woodstock Music and Art Fair in Bethel, New York, wound to a close after three nights with a midmorning set by Jimi Hendrix.

• In 2017, Steve Bannon, President Donald Trump’s top White House strategist, was forced out of his post by Trump; Bannon returned as executive chairman to Breitbart News, which he led before joining Trump’s campaign.

Central Ohio history

• In 1966, a groundbrea­king ceremony for the Anheuser-busch brewery on the North Side was held on Schrock Road.

• In 1989, Columbus City Center opened, the first major new mall in Columbus since Westland Mall opened in 1969.

• In 2005, Gov. Bob Taft pleaded no contest and was found guilty of four misdemeano­r charges for breaking state ethics law by failing to report on his annual financial-disclosure forms 52 golf outings, meals, hockey tickets and other gifts worth almost $6,000 since 1998. He was ordered to pay $4,000 in fines, $76 in court costs and issue a public apology.

Birthdays

• Former first lady Rosalynn Carter is 93

• Movie director Roman Polanski is 87

• Olympic gold medal decathlete Rafer Johnson is 85

• Actor/director Robert Redford is 84 • Actor/comedian Martin Mull is 77

• Comedian Elayne Boosler is 68

• Actor Denis Leary is 63

• Actor Madeleine Stowe is 62

• Rock singer/hiphop artist Everlast is 51

• Rapper Masta Killa (Wu-tang Clan) is 51

• Actor Christian Slater is 51

• Actor Edward Norton is 51

• Actor Malcolm-jamal Warner is 50 • Former Ohio State football standout and current Cincinnati coach Luke Fickell is 47

• Actor Kaitlin Olson is 45

• Actor Parker Mckenna Posey is 25 Source: Associated Press

 ??  ?? Actor/ comedian Andy Samberg: 42 today
Actor/ comedian Andy Samberg: 42 today

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