On This Day In History

1493: Christopher Columbus goes ashore on an island later known as Puerto Rico.

1946: Afghanistan, Iceland and Sweden join the United Nations.

1863: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln delivers his famous Gettysburg address.

1967: The Beatles release "Magical Mystery Tour"

1969: Football player Pelé scores his 1,000th goal.

1985: U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev meet for the first time.

1990: Pop group Milli Vanilli are stripped of their Grammy Award because the duo did not sing at all on the Girl You Know It’s True album.

2008: The world welcomes little Benjamin Jedi Frank. Well done, Jennifer and Diego!