"Also on this date: In 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the White House, was laid by President George Washington during a ceremony in the District of Columbia. In 1932, President Herbert Hoover and Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes laid the cornerstone for the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington. In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany, its one-time Axis partner."
"In 1972, a Uruguayan chartered flight carrying 45 people crashed in the Andes. In order to stay alive, survivors resorted to feeding off the remains of some of the dead; 16 people were rescued more than two months later. In 1999, in Boulder, Colorado, the JonBenet Ramsey grand jury was dismissed after 13 months of work with prosecutors saying there wasn't enough evidence to charge anyone in the 6-year-old beauty queen's slaying."
Raj Rajaratnam received an 11-year prison sentence for insider trading in 2011 and was released early in 2019. The White House cornerstone was laid in 1792, and the Supreme Court building cornerstone was placed in 1932. In 1943, Italy declared war on Germany. The Pittsburgh Pirates won the 1960 World Series on Bill Mazeroski's home run. A 1972 Uruguayan plane crash in the Andes led survivors to cannibalism before 16 were rescued after more than two months. Thirty-three Chilean miners were rescued in 2010 after 69 days underground. Bob Dylan won the 2016 Nobel Prize in Literature, and William Shatner flew to space in 2021. Birthdays include Shirley Caesar, Paul Simon, and Jerry Jones.
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