In 1776, North Carolina's Fourth Provincial Congress adopted the Halifax Resolves, which authorized the colony's delegates to the Continental Congress to support independence from Britain.

In 1934, "Tender Is the Night," by F. Scott Fitzgerald, was first published in book form by Charles Scribner's Sons (it had been serialized in Scribner's Magazine).

In 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Warm Springs, Ga., at age 63; he was succeeded by Vice President Harry S. Truman.

Ten years ago: Undaunted by a cache of explosives found on his travel route, Pope John Paul II plunged into a peace mission to Sarajevo, wading into crowds and declaring, "Never again war."

One year ago: Jurors in the Zacarias Moussaoui trial listened to a recording of terrified shouts and cries in the cockpit as desperate passengers twice charged panicked hijackers during the final half hour of doomed United Flight 93 on Sept. 11. The Rev. William Sloane Coffin, a former Yale chaplain known for Vietnam-era peace activism, died in Strafford, Vt., at age 81. Indian movie star Raj Kumar died in Bangalore at age 77.

Today's Birthdays: Country singer Ned Miller is 82. Actress Jane Withers is 81. Opera singer Montserrat Caballe is 74. Actor Charles Napier is 71. Jazz musician Herbie Hancock is 67. Actor Frank Bank ("Leave It to Beaver") is 65. Rock singer John Kay (Steppenwolf) is 63. Actor Ed O'Neill is 61. Author Tom Clancy is 60. Actor Dan Lauria is 60. Talk show host David Letterman is 60. Author Scott Turow is 58. Singer David Cassidy is 57. Rhythm-and-blues singer JD Nicholas (The Commodores) is 55. Singer Pat Travers is 53. Actor Andy Garcia is 51. Movie director Walter Salles is 51. Country singer Vince Gill is 50. Actress Suzzanne Douglas is 50. Rock musician Will Sergeant (Echo & the Bunnymen) is 49. Rock singer Art Alexakis (Everclear) is 45. Country singer Deryl Dodd is 43. Folk-pop singer Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) is 43. Rock singer Nicholas Hexum (311) is 37. Actor Nicholas Brendon is 36. Actress Shannen Doherty is 36. Rock musician Guy Berryman (Coldplay) is 29. Actress Claire Danes is 28. Actress Jennifer Morrison is 28. Rock singer-musician Brendon Urie (Panic! at the Disco) is 20.

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