Today in history

In1620,

Peregrine White was born aboard the Mayflower in Massachusetts Bay— the first child born of English parents in present-day New England.

In 1789,

New Jersey becamethe first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

In1910,

revolution broke out in Mexico, led by Francisco Madero.

In 1929,

the radio program “The Rise of the Goldbergs” debuted on the NBC Blue Network.

In 1945,

24 Nazi leaders went on trial before an international war crimes tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany.

In 1959,

the U.N. issued its “Declaration of the Rights of the Child.”

In 1967,

the Census Clock at the Commerce Department ticked past 200 million.

In 1969,

the Nixon administration announced a halt to residential use of the pesticide DDT as part of a total phaseout.

In 1975

after nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain’s General Francisco Franco died, twoweeks before his 83rd birthday.

In 1977,

Egyptian President Anwar Sadat becamethe first Arab leader to address Israel’s parliament.

In 1992,

fire seriously damaged the northwest side of Windsor Castle, the favorite weekend home of Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II.