In 1876, George Custer and 263 soldiers under his command were killed in the Battle of Little Big Horn. In 1906, prominent architect Stanford White was shot and killed at New York City's Madison Square Garden in an incident that led to a notorious trial. In 1938, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed a bill enacting the first federal hourly minimum wage (25 cents an hour). In 1950, North Korean forces crossed the 38th parallel into South Korea, setting off the conflict that would become known as the Korean War.

Antoni Gaudí (1852-1926), architect; George Abbott (1887-1995), playwright/producer/director; George Orwell (1903-50), essayist/novelist; Sidney Lumet (1924-2011), filmmaker; Eric Carle (1929- ), writer/illustrator; Larry Kramer (1935- ), playwright/activist; Sonia Sotomayor (1954- ), U.S. Supreme Court justice; Anthony Bourdain (1956- ), author/TV personality; Ricky Gervais (1961- ), comedian; George Michael (1963-2016), singer; Dikembe Mutombo (1966- ), basketball player; Linda Cardellini (1975- ), actress; Busy Philipps (1979- ), actress

In 1968, San Francisco Giants rookie Bobby Bonds became the first player in the 20th century to hit a grand slam in his first major league game.

North Korea's military had 1.2 million active troops and 600,000 reserve troops as of 2016.

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