1948: In one of the most unexpected results in U.S. presidential election history, Democratic incumbent Harry S. Truman defeated heavily favored Republican N.Y. Gov. Thomas E. Dewey.

In the world

2000: American astronaut Bill Shepherd and two Russian cosmonauts, Yuri Gidzenko and Sergei Krikalev, became the first crew members to reside aboard the International Space Station; they spent a total of 136 days in the station before returning to Earth on Space Shuttle Discovery.

2003: In Iraq, insurgents shot down a Chinook helicopter carrying U.S. soldiers, killing 16 and wounding 20 others.

Today’s birthdays

Tennis Hall of Famer Ken Rosewall is 91. Olympic gold medal wrestler Bruce Baumgartner is 65. Musician k.d. lang is 64. Playwright Lynn Nottage is 61. Actor David Schwimmer is 59. Musician Nelly is 51. Film director Jon Chu is 46. TV personality Karamo Brown (“Queer Eye”) is 45. NFL quarterback Jordan Love is 27.

— The Associated Press