On Nov. 15, 1777, the Second Continental Congress approved the Articles of Confederation, a precursor to the Constitution of the United States.

In 1939, President Franklin Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, D.C.

In 1969, a quarter of a million protesters staged a peaceful demonstration in Washington against the Vietnam War.

In 1979, the British government publicly identified Sir Anthony Blunt as the "fourth man" of a Soviet spy ring.

In 1984, Stephanie Fae Beauclair, the infant publicly known as "Baby Fae" who had received a baboon's heart to replace her own congenitally deformed one, died at Loma Linda University Medical Center in California three weeks after the transplant.

"In seeking wisdom thou art wise; in imagining that thou has attained it thou art a fool."

-- Simon Ben Azzai, 2nd century (A.D.) Jewish scholar

Judge Joseph Wapner is 90.

Singer Petula Clark is 77.

Pop singer Frida (ABBA) is 64.

Rapper E-40 is 42.

Rock musician Jesse Sandoval is 35.

Actress Virginie Ledoyen is 33.

Golfer Lorena Ochoa is 28.