Today in history

and presidency of Germany under the new title of Fuhrer.

In 1939, Albert Einstein wrote a letter to President Franklin D. Roosevelt, requesting that the U.S. research the possibility of atomic weapons.

In 1990, Iraq invaded Kuwait.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Frederic Auguste Bartholdi (1834-1904), sculptor; Jack Warner (1892-1978), film executive; Myrna Loy (1905-1993), actress; Shimon Peres (19232016), Israeli president; James Baldwin (19241987), writer; Carroll O’Connor (1924-2001), actor; Lamar Hunt (19322006), sports executive; Peter O’Toole (1932-2013), actor; Wes Craven (19392015), filmmaker; MaryLouise Parker (1964- ), actress; Kevin Smith (1970- ), filmmaker; Sam Worthington (1976- ), actor.

TODAY’S FACT: The familiar enlarged copy of the Declaration of Independence bearing the signatures of 56 congressional delegates was signed on this day in 1776.

TODAY’S SPORTS: The “Black Sox,” eight former Chicago White Sox baseball players charged with defrauding the public in a conspiracy to throw the 1919 World Series, were acquitted on this day in 1921.

TODAY’S QUOTE: “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” -- James Baldwin

TODAY’S NUMBER: 3,929,214 -- population of the United States as recorded in the 1790 census.