WHAT HAPPENED ON YOUR BIRTHDAY MORE GENERAL INTEREST 1775 First elected Jew in the New World 1935 Earhart flies from Hawaii to California 1949 Cornerstone laid at Washington's Islamic Center AMER. REVOLUTION 1775 Jewish Patriot joins South Carolina’s Provincial Congress AUTOMOTIVE 1937 Violence Erupts At GM Plant CIVIL WAR 1863 Battle of Arkansas Post COLD WAR 1989 Reagan gives his farewell address CRIME 1944 Nazi Enforcers Terrorize German POWs in U.S. Internment Camps ENTERTAINMENT 1927 Charlie Chaplin's assets frozen LEAD STORY 1928 STALIN BANISHES TROTSKY: LITERARY 1978 Song of Solomon wins National Book Critics Circle Award OLD WEST 1908 Grand Canyon National Monument is created PRESIDENTIAL 1908 Roosevelt dedicates the Grand Canyon as a national monument VIETNAM WAR 1956 Diem issues Ordinance No. 6 WALL STREET 1757 Birth of the First Treasury Secretary WORLD WAR I 1916 French forces occupy Corfu WORLD WAR II 1945 Truce signed in Greek Civil War Happy Birthday