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1735 Composer Johann Christian Bach, the youngest son of Johann Sebastian Bach, was born.

1774 The First Continental Congress convened in Philadelphia.

1793 The Reign of Terror began in France.

1836 Sam Houston was elected president of the Republic of Texas.

1847 Outlaw Jesse James was born.

1902 Motion picture producer Darryl Zanuck was born.

1905 The Treaty of Portsmouth, so named because it was signed in a New Hampshire naval shipyard, ended the Russo-Japanese War.

1914 The First Battle of the Marne began.

1940 Actress Racquel Welch was born.

1945 Iva Toguri D'Aquino, the woman suspected of being "Tokyo Rose," was arrested.

1957 Jack Kerouac's "On the Road" was published.

1958 Boris Pasternak's "Doctor Zhivago" was published in the United States.

1972 Palestinian terrorists attacked the Israeli Olympic team in Munich resulting in the deaths of 11 Israeli athletes, five terrorists and a police officer.

1975 Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme, a follower of Charles Manson, attempted to assassinate President Ford.

1977 Voyager 1 was launched, two weeks after the launching of Voyager 2.

1997 Mother Teresa died.

2006 Felipe Calderon was declared the official winner of the disputed Mexican presidential elections.