TODAY IN HISTORY

1804

Vice President Aaron Burr mortally wounded former Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton during a pistol duel in Weehawken, New Jersey.

1533

Pope Clement VII issued a bull of excommunication against England’s King Henry VIII for the annulment of the king’s marriage to Catherine of Aragon and subsequent marriage to second wife Anne Boleyn.

1798

the U.S. Marine Corps was formally re-established by a congressional act that also created the U.S. Marine Band.

1859

Big Ben, the great bell inside the famous London clock tower, chimed for the first time.

1915

the Chicago Sunday Tribune ran an article titled, “Blues Is Jazz and Jazz Is Blues.”

1936

New York City’s Triborough Bridge linking Manhattan, Queens and The Bronx was opened to traffic.