On this day....

• 1149 - Raymond of Antioch is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din.
• 1194 - Sverre is crowned King of Norway.
• 1534 - Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island.
• 1613 - The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
• 1888 - First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder.
• 1895 - Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
• 1927 - First test of Wallace Turnbull's Controllable pitch propeller.
• 1956 - The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
• 1964 - Rama Bhalla was born
  
• 1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment".
• 1974 - Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband President Juan Peron had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
• 1997 - Mike Tyson bites off a piece of his opponent Evander Holyfield's ear during a boxing match
• 2003 - Thirteen are killed in a porch collapse in Chicago.
• 2006 - Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
• 2007 - iPhone was released.

Happy Birthday Mrs. Bim!