Magellan reaches the Pacific, William Shakespeare gets hitched, the Grand Ole Opry debuts, Olympic gymnast Nadia Comaneci defects, and Jeffrey Dahmer is killed in prison, all on this day.
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1962: Comedian Jon Stewart, best known as the host of Comedy Central's satirical news program "The Daily Show" since 1999, is born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz in New York City.