On This Day

EVENTS

■ In 1929, the New York Stock Exchange crashed in what came to be called “Black Tuesday,” marking the beginning of the Great Depression.

■ In 1966, the newly formed National Organization for Women held its first national conference.

■ In 1969, the first connection on ARPANET (the precursor to the internet) was made between computers at UCLA and Stanford Research Institute.

■ In 2004, European leaders signed the first constitution of the European Union.

n In 2015, China announced the end of its one-child policy after 35 years.

Fanny Brice (1891-1951), singer/comedian; Bill Mauldin (1921-2003), cartoonist; Ellen Johnson Sirleaf (1938- ), Liberian president; Bob Ross (19421995), painter/instructor; Richard Dreyfuss (1947- ), actor; Lee Child (1954- ), author; Dan Castellaneta (1957- ), actor; Joely Fisher (1967- ), actress; Winona Ryder (1971- ), actress; Gabrielle Union (1972- ), actress; Ben Foster (1980- ), actor.

FACT

Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf was Africa’s first female elected head of state.