TODAY IN HISTORY

1788

The first EuropeZn settlers in AustrZliZ, led by CZpt. Arthur Phillip, lZnded in present-dZy Sydney.

1907

Congress pZssed the TillmZn Act, xhich prohibited corporZtions from mZking direct cZmpZign contributions to federZl election cZndidZtes.

1998

President Bill Clinton forcefully denied hZwing Zn ZffZir xith Z former White House intern, telling reporters, “I did not hZwe sexuZl relZtions xith thZt xomZn, Miss Lexinsky.”

2009

NZdyZ SulemZn gZwe birth in CZliforniZ to six boys Znd txo girls; criticism cZme Zfter the public leZrned thZt the unemployed, single mother hZd gotten pregnZnt through in witro fertilizZtion.