On this date in

1793 George Washington laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Capitol.

1837 Tiffany & Co. is founded.

1850 Congress passed the Fugitive Slave Act, which allowed owners to reclaim slaves who had escaped to other states.

1851 The first edition of the New York Times was published.

1895 Booker T. Washington delivers the "Atlanta Compromise," a speech on race relations in the United States.

1905 Greta Garbo was born.

1916 Actor Rossano Brazzi was born.

1921 Fritz Pollard becomes the first black athlete to play professional football for an NFL team, the Akron Pros.

1925 Baseball player Harvey Haddix Was born.

1927 The Columbia Phonograph Broadcasting System (which would later become CBS) made its debut with 16 radio stations comprising its network.

1932 The body of actress Peg Entwistle was found, two days after she leaped to her death from the "H" on Hollywood sign.

1940 "You Can't Go Home Again" by Thomas Wolfe was published.

1961 U.N. Sectretary-General Dag Hammarskjold was killed in an airplane crash.

1970 Musician Jimi Hendrix died of a drug overdose.

1975 Kidnapped newspaper heiress Patricia Hearst was captured by the FBI.

1999 Sammy Sosa became the first player in major league baseball history to hit 60 home runs in two different seasons.