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cis Bellamy, appeared in "The Youth's Companion."
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• On this date:
• In 1504, Michelangelo's towering marble statue of David was unveiled to the public in Florence, Italy.
• In 1565, a Spanish expedition established the first permanent European settlement in North America at present-day St. Augustine, Florida.
• In 1761, Britain's King George III married Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, just a few hours after meeting her for the first time.
• In 1900, Galveston, Texas, was struck by a hurricane that killed an estimated 8,000 people.
• In 1921, Margaret Gorman, 16, of Washington, D.C., was crowned the first "Miss America" in Atlantic City, N.J.
• In 1935, Sen. Huey P. Long, D-La., was shot and mortally wounded inside the Louisiana State Capitol; he died two days later. (The assailant was identified as Dr. Carl Weiss, who was gunned down by Long's bodyguards.)
• In 1941, the 900-day Siege of Leningrad by German forces began during World War II.
• In 1951, a peace treaty with Japan was signed by 49 nations in San Francisco.
• In 1971, the John F. Kennedy Memorial Center for the Performing Arts made its official debut in Washington, D.C., with a performance of Leonard Bernstein's (BUHRN'-stynz) "Mass."
• In 1974, President Gerald R. Ford granted an unconditional pardon to former President Richard Nixon.
• In 1987, former Democratic presidential candidate Gary Hart admitted during an interview on ABC's "Nightline" that he had committed adultery, and said he had no plans to resume his White House bid.
• In 1994, a USAir Boeing 737 crashed into a ravine as it was approaching Pittsburgh International Airport, killing all 132 people on board.
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• Ten years ago: The government reported that violent crime rate had dropped by ten percent the previous year, reaching lowest level since 1973. Pete Sampras beat Andre Agassi 6-3, 6-4, 5-7, 6-4 to win his 14th Grand Slam title and the U.S. Open for the fifth time.
• Five years ago: Sheriff's deputies in Logan County, W.Va., removed Megan Williams, a 20-year-old black woman, from a house in Big Creek, where she'd endured

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