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On this day for the United States
Events
1609 –
Henry Hudson begins his exploration of the
Hudson River while aboard the
Halve Maen .
1814 –
Battle of North Point : an American detachment halts the British land advance to
Baltimore in the
War of 1812 .
1847 –
Mexican–American War : the
Battle of Chapultepec begins.
1857 – The
SS Central America sinks about 160 miles east of
Cape Hatteras ,
North Carolina , drowning a total of 426 passengers and crew, including Captain
William Lewis Herndon . The ship was carrying 13–15 tons of gold from the
California Gold Rush .
1940 – The
Hercules Powder Plant Disaster in the United States kills 51 people and injures over 200.
1953 – U.S. Senator and future President
John Fitzgerald Kennedy marries
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier at
St. Mary's Church in
Newport, Rhode Island .
1958 –
Jack Kilby demonstrates the first working
integrated circuit while working at
Texas Instruments .
1959 –
Bonanza premieres, the first regularly scheduled TV program presented in
color .
1962 – President
John F. Kennedy delivers his "
We choose to go to the Moon " speech at Rice University.
1966 –
Gemini 11 , the penultimate mission of NASA's
Gemini program , and the current human altitude record holder (except for the
Apollo lunar missions ).
1983 – A
Wells Fargo depot in
West Hartford, Connecticut , United States, is robbed of approximately US$7 million by
Los Macheteros .
1984 –
Dwight Gooden sets the
baseball record for
strikeouts in a season by a rookie with 276, previously set by
Herb Score with 246 in 1954. Gooden's 276 strikeouts that season, pitched in 218 innings, set the current record.
1992 –
NASA launches
Space Shuttle Endeavour on
STS-47 which marked the 50th shuttle mission. On board are
Mae Carol Jemison , the first
African-American woman in space,
Mamoru Mohri , the first Japanese citizen to fly in a US spaceship, and
Mark Lee and
Jan Davis , the first married couple in space.
2008 – The
2008 Chatsworth train collision in Los Angeles between a
Metrolink commuter train and a
Union Pacific freight train kills 25 people.
2011 – The
National September 11 Memorial & Museum in New York City opens to the public.
2013 –
NASA confirms that its
Voyager 1 probe has become the first
manmade object to enter interstellar space .
Births
1768 –
Benjamin Carr , English-American singer-songwriter, educator, and publisher (d. 1831)
1797 –
Samuel Joseph May , American activist (d. 1871)
1812 –
Richard March Hoe , American engineer and businessman, invented the
Rotary printing press (d. 1886)
1818 –
Richard Jordan Gatling , American inventor, invented the
Gatling gun (d. 1903)
1829 –
Charles Dudley Warner , American essayist and novelist (d. 1900)
1830 –
William Sprague , American businessman and politician, 27th
Governor of Rhode Island (d. 1915)
1852 –
H. H. Asquith , English lawyer and politician,
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1928)
1880 –
H. L. Mencken , American journalist and critic (d. 1956)
1891 –
Pedro Albizu Campos , Puerto Rican lawyer and politician (d. 1965)
1891 –
Arthur Hays Sulzberger , American publisher (d. 1968)
1892 –
Alfred A. Knopf, Sr. , American publisher, founded
Alfred A. Knopf Inc. (d. 1984)
1894 –
Dorothy Maud Wrinch , Argentinian-English mathematician, biochemist and philosopher (d. 1976)
1897 –
Walter B. Gibson , American magician and author (d. 1985)
1898 –
Ben Shahn , Lithuanian-American painter and photographer (d. 1969)
1900 –
Haskell Curry , American mathematician, logician, and academic (d. 1982)
1902 –
Marya Zaturenska , Ukrainian-American poet and author (d. 1982)
1904 –
John Courtney Murray , American priest and theologian (d. 1967)
1904 –
Lou Moore , American race car driver (d. 1956)
1913 –
Jesse Owens , American sprinter and long jumper (d. 1980)
1916 –
Tony Bettenhausen , American race car driver (d. 1961)
1920 –
Irene Dailey , American actress (d. 2008)
1921 –
Frank McGee , American journalist (d. 1974)
1922 –
Jackson Mac Low , American poet, playwright, and composer (d. 2004)
1922 –
Mark Rosenzweig , American psychologist and academic (d. 2009)
1925 –
Stan Lopata , American baseball player (d. 2013)
1925 –
Dickie Moore , American actor (d. 2015)
1928 –
Robert Irwin , American painter and gardener
1928 –
Muriel Siebert , American businesswoman and philanthropist (d. 2013)
1928 –
Ernie Vandeweghe , Canadian-American basketball player and physician (d. 2014)
1929 –
Harvey Schmidt , American composer and illustrator (d. 2018)
1930 –
Larry Austin , American composer and educator
1931 –
George Jones , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2013)
1934 –
Glenn Davis , American hurdler, sprinter, and football player (d. 2009)
1934 –
Jaegwon Kim , South Korean-American philosopher and academic (d. 2019)
1935 –
Richard Hunt , American sculptor
1938 –
Judy Clay , American soul and gospel singer (d. 2001)
1938 –
Tatiana Troyanos , American operatic soprano (d. 1993)
1939 –
Phillip Ramey , American pianist and composer
1939 –
Henry Waxman , American lawyer and politician
1940 –
Linda Gray , American model and actress
1943 –
Maria Muldaur , American folk and blues singer
1943 –
Leonard Peltier , American political activist and convicted criminal
1944 –
Lonnie Mayne , American wrestler (d. 1978)
1944 –
Barry White , American singer-songwriter (d. 2003)
1945 –
Russell "Jungle Jim" Liberman , American
drag racer (d. 1977)
1945 –
John Mauceri , American conductor and producer
1946 –
Tony Bellamy , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2009)
1948 –
Steve Turre , American trombonist and educator
1949 –
Charles Burlingame , American captain and pilot (d. 2001)
1950 –
Bruce Mahler , American actor and screenwriter
1951 –
Joe Pantoliano , American actor and producer
1951 –
Ali-Ollie Woodson , American singer-songwriter and keyboard player (d. 2010)
1952 –
Gerry Beckley , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1953 –
Nan Goldin , American photographer
1953 –
Nan Goldin , American photographer
1954 –
Robert Gober , American sculptor
1954 –
Scott Hamilton , American saxophonist
1958 –
Wilfred Benítez , American boxer
1958 –
Gregg Edelman , American actor and singer
1959 –
Scott Brown , American colonel and politician
1959 –
Deron Cherry , American football player and sportscaster
1960 –
Evan Jenkins , American academic and politician
1962 –
Amy Yasbeck , American actress
1964 –
Greg Gutfeld , American television journalist and author
1965 –
Vernon Maxwell , American basketball player*
1966 –
Ben Folds , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer*
1967 –
Louis C.K. , American comedian, actor, producer, and screenwriter
1967 –
Pat Listach , American baseball player, coach, and manager
1968 –
Larry LaLonde , American guitarist and songwriter
1968 –
Paul F. Tompkins , American comedian, actor, and writer
1969 –
Max Boot , Russian-American historian and author
1969 –
James Frey , American author and screenwriter
1970 –
Nathan Larson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist
1972 –
Gideon Emery , English-American actor, producer, and screenwriter
1973 –
Tarana Burke , American civil rights activist
1973 –
Paul Walker , American actor (d. 2013)
1974 –
Jennifer Nettles , American singer-songwriter
1977 –
Jeff Irwin , American singer-songwriter and producer
1978 –
Benjamin McKenzie , American actor
1978 –
Ruben Studdard , American R&B, pop, and gospel singer
1980 –
Sean Burroughs , American baseball player
1981 –
Jennifer Hudson , American singer and actress
1981 –
Staciana Stitts , American swimmer
1982 –
Sal Rinauro , American wrestler
1983 –
Daniel Muir , American football player
1983 –
Clayton Richard , American baseball player
1986 –
Emmy Rossum , American singer and actress
1989 –
Freddie Freeman , American-Canadian baseball player
1989 –
Andrew Luck , American football player
Deaths
1870 –
Fitz Hugh Ludlow , American journalist, explorer, and author (b. 1836)
1927 –
Sarah Frances Whiting , American physicist and astronomer (b. 1847)
1953 –
Lewis Stone , American actor (b. 1879)
1962 –
Spot Poles , American baseball player and soldier (b. 1887)
1968 –
Tommy Armour , Scottish-American golfer and journalist (b. 1894)
1971 –
Walter Egan , American golfer (b. 1881)
1972 –
William Boyd , American actor and producer (b. 1895)
1977 –
Robert Lowell , American poet (b. 1917)
1987 –
John Qualen , Canadian-American actor (b. 1899)
1992 –
Anthony Perkins , American actor, singer, and director (b. 1932)
1993 –
Raymond Burr , Canadian-American actor and director (b. 1917)
1994 –
Tom Ewell , American actor (b. 1909)
1997 –
Judith Merril , American-Canadian science fiction writer, editor and political activist (b. 1923)
2000 –
Stanley Turrentine , American saxophonist, composer, and bandleader (b. 1934)
2003 –
Johnny Cash , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and actor (b. 1932)
2005 –
Serge Lang , French-American mathematician, author and academic (b. 1927)
2007 –
Bobby Byrd , American singer-songwriter and producer (b. 1934)
2008 –
David Foster Wallace , American novelist, short story writer, and essayist (b. 1962)
2009 –
Norman Borlaug , American agronomist and humanitarian,
Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1914)
2009 –
Jack Kramer , American tennis player and sportscaster (b. 1921)
2012 –
Tom Sims , American skateboarder and snowboarder, founded
Sims Snowboards (b. 1950)
2013 –
Ray Dolby , American engineer and businessman, founded
Dolby Laboratories (b. 1933)
2013 –
Warren Giese , American football player, coach, and politician (b. 1924)
2013 –
Candace Pert , American neuroscientist and pharmacologist (b. 1946)
2014 –
Joe Sample , American pianist and composer (b. 1939)
2014 –
Hugh Royer, Jr. , American golfer (b. 1936)
2015 –
Claudia Card , American philosopher and academic (b. 1940)
2015 –
Frank D. Gilroy , American playwright and screenwriter (b. 1925)
2015 –
Al Monchak , American baseball player and coach (b. 1917)
2017 –
Edith Windsor , American LGBT rights activist and technology manager at IBM (b. 1929)