TODAY IN HISTORY

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT 1888

George Eastman received a patent for his roll-film box camera, and registered his trademark: “Kodak.”

1944

During World War II, British troops liberated Antwerp, Belgium.

1957

Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus used Arkansas National Guardsmen to prevent nine Black students from entering all-white Central High School in Little Rock. Ford Motor Co. began selling its ill-fated Edsel.

1962

The Beatles, with new drummer Ringo Starr, recorded “Love Me Do” at EMI Studios in London. (The more familiar version with substitute drummer Andy White and Starr on tambourine was recorded a week later.)

1969

The Food and Drug Administration issued a report calling birth control pills “safe,” despite a slight risk of fatal blood-clotting disorders linked to the pills.

1971

An Alaska Airlines jet crashed near Juneau, killing all 111 people on board.

1974

The United States established diplomatic relations with East Germany.

1998

Internet services company Google filed for incorporation in California.

1999

Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat signed a breakthrough land-forsecurity agreement during a ceremony in Sharm Elsheikh, Egypt.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Mitzi Gaynor is 89. Soul singer Sonny Charles is

80. Actor Kenneth Kimmins is 79. Singer Merald “Bubba” Knight (Gladys Knight & The Pips) is 78. TV personality and veterinarian Dr. Jan (yahn) Pol (TV: “The Incredible Dr. Pol”) is 78. World Golf Hall of Famer Raymond Floyd is 78. Actor Jennifer Salt is 76. World Golf Hall of Famer Tom Watson is 71. Rhythm-and-blues musician Ronald Lapread is 70. Actor Judith Ivey is 69. Rock musician Martin Chambers (The Pretenders) is 69. Actor Lawrence Hilton-jacobs is 67. Actor Khandi Alexander is 63. Actor-comedian Damon Wayans Sr. is 60. Rock musician Kim Thayil is

60. Actor Richard Speight Jr. is 51. Actor Noah Taylor is

51. Actor Ione (eye-oh’-nee) Skye is 50. Actor-singer James Monroe Iglehart is

46. Pop-rock singer-djmusician-producer Mark Ronson is 45. Rhythm-andblues singer Richard Wingo (Jagged Edge) is 45. Rock musician Ian Grushka (New Found Glory) is 43. Actor Wes Bentley is 42.