Today’s highlight

1888: Abolitionist Frederick Douglass received one vote from the Kentucky delegation at the Republican convention in Chicago, effectively making him the first Black candidate to have his name placed in nomination for U.S. president.

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1860: A congressional resolution authorized creation of the United States Government Printing Office, which opened the following year.

1931: Aviators Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took off from New York on a round-the-world flight that lasted eight days and 15 hours.

1969: Warren E. Burger was sworn in as chief justice of the United States by the man he was succeeding, Earl Warren.

1985: All 329 people aboard an Air India Boeing 747 were killed when the plane crashed into the Atlantic Ocean near Ireland because of a bomb authorities believe was planted by Sikh separatists.

1994: The movie “Forrest Gump,” starring Tom Hanks as a simple yet kindhearted soul who had serendipitous brushes with greatness, was released by Paramount Pictures.

Today’s birthdays

Author Richard Bach is 88. Singer Diana Trask is 84. Actor Ted Shackelford is 78. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is 76. “American Idol” ex-judge Randy Jackson is 68. Actor Frances McDormand is 67. Golfer Colin Montgomerie is 61.Actor Selma Blair is 52. Actor Joel Edgerton is 50. Singer-songwriter Jason Mraz is 47. NFL Hall of Famer LaDainian Tomlinson is 45. Actor Melissa Rauch (“The Big Bang Theory”) is 43. Rock singer Duffy is 40.