TODAY IN HISTORY

1607

English colonists arrived by ship at the site of what became the Jamestown settlement in Virginia.

1914

Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, Alabama.

1940

In his first speech as British prime minister, Winston Churchill told Parliament, “I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat.”

1981

Pope John Paul II was shot and seriously wounded in St. Peter's Square by Turkish assailant Mehmet Ali Agca.

1985

A confrontation between Philadelphia authorities and the radical group MOVE ended as police dropped a bomb onto the group's row house, igniting a fire that killed 11 people and destroyed 61 homes.

2002

President George W. Bush announced that he and Russian President Vladimir Putin would sign a treaty to shrink their countries' nuclear arsenals by two-thirds.

Birthdays

Actor Buck Taylor is 84. Actor Harvey Keitel is

83. Singer Stevie Wonder is 72. Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman is 61. “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert is

58. Former NBA player Mike Bibby is 44. Actor Robert Pattinson is 36. NHL defenseman P.K. Subban is 33. Actor Debby Ryan is 29.