357- Constantius II visits Rome for the first time
1282- Villagers in Palermo lead a revolt against French rule in Sicily
1442- Happy Birthday to Edward IV, king of England from 1461-1483
1758- Happy Birthday to James Monroe, 5th President of the US
1788- Maryland becomes the seventh state to ratify the constitution
1818- President James Monroe proclaims naval disarmament on the Great Lakes and the Lake Champlain
1902- Revolution breaks out in the Dominican Republic
1910- Pilot Claude Grahame- White flies the first night flight in England
1930- The first organized night baseball game is played in Independence, Kansas
1932- The yellow fever vaccine for humans is announced
1945- Italian partisans kill Benito Mussolini
1967- Muhammad Ali refuses induction into the US Army and is stripped of his boxing title.
Columnist: Megan Shilling
The Cave 