1968—A U.S. military spokesman in Saigon says Agent Orange has no harmful effects on human health. 1945—Ex-Nazi, former SS member, and rocket scientist Wernher von Braun begins working for the U.S.1830—In Philadelphia, 38 free Blacks form the National Negro Convention to abolish slavery. 1797—Captain Pigot of HMS Hermione orders that the bodies of three sailors who died trying to fulfill his orders be thrown overboard. 1565—Spanish forces slaughter 135 Frenchmen in Florida, “for heresy.” It’s the first clash between European colonialists in the New World. 1378—French cardinals elect Robert of Geneva, aka “The Butcher of Cesena,” to be Pope Clement VII, bringing the number of sitting Popes to two.