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On this day for the United States
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Events
1782 –
American Revolutionary War :
Battle of Blue Licks – the last major engagement of the war, almost ten months after the surrender of the
British
commander
Lord Cornwallis following the
Siege of Yorktown .
1812 –
War of 1812 :
American
frigate
USS Constitution defeats the
British
frigate
HMS Guerriere off the coast of
Nova Scotia ,
Canada earning her nickname "
Old Ironsides ".
1848 –
California Gold Rush : the
New York Herald breaks the news to the
East Coast of the United States of the
gold rush in
California (although the rush started in
January ).
1862 –
Indian Wars : during an uprising in
Minnesota ,
Lakota warriors decide not to attack heavily-defended
Fort Ridgely and instead turn to the settlement of
New Ulm , killing white settlers along the way.
1895 –
American frontier murderer and outlaw,
John Wesley Hardin , is killed by an off-duty policeman in a
saloon in
El Paso, Texas .
1934 – The first All-American
Soap Box Derby is held in
Dayton, Ohio .
1940 – First flight of the
B-25 Mitchell
medium bomber .
1953 –
Cold War : the
CIA helps to overthrow the government of
Mohammed Mossadegh in
Iran and reinstate the
Shah
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi .
1955 – In the Northeast United States, severe
flooding caused by
Hurricane Diane , claims 200 lives.
1960 – Cold War: in
Moscow , downed American
U-2
pilot
Francis Gary Powers is sentenced to ten years imprisonment by the
Soviet Union for
espionage .
1981 –
Gulf of Sidra Incident : United States fighters intercept and shoot down two
Libyan
Sukhoi Su-22 fighter jets over the
Gulf of Sidra .
1991 –
Hurricane Bob hits the Northeast, United States.
Births
1870 –
Bernard Baruch , American financier (d. 1965)
1871 –
Orville Wright , American aviation pioneer (d. 1948)
1883 –
Elsie Ferguson , American film actress (d. 1961)
1892 –
Alfred Lunt , American actor (d. 1977)
1900 –
Colleen Moore , American film actress.(d. 1988)
1902 –
Ogden Nash , American poet (d. 1971)
1903 –
James Gould Cozzens , American novelist (d. 1978)
1906 –
Philo Farnsworth , American inventor (d. 1971)
1907 –
Thruston B. Morton , American politician (d. 1982)
1907 –
Archie League , generally considered the first
air traffic controller (d. 1986)
1913 –
Richard Simmons , American actor (d. 2003)
1915 –
Ring Lardner Jr , American journalist and screenwriter (d. 2000)
1919 –
Malcolm Forbes , American publisher (d. 1990)
1921 –
Gene Roddenberry , American television producer (d. 1991)
1926 –
Arthur Rock , American venture capitalist
1930 –
Frank McCourt , Irish-American author (d. 2009)
1931 –
Willie Shoemaker , American jockey (d. 2003)
1932 –
Thomas P. Salmon , 75th
Governor of Vermont
1934 –
Renée Richards , American physician
1935 –
Bobby Richardson , American baseball player
1938 –
Diana Muldaur , American actress
1940 –
Johnny Nash , American singer-songwriter
1940 –
Jill St. John , American actress
1942 –
Fred Thompson , American politician and actor
1944 –
Buzz Kilman ,
Chicago
radio personality
1946 –
Bill Clinton , 42nd
President of the United States
1946 –
Dawn Steel , American film producer (d. 1997)
1947 –
Terry Hoeppner , American football coach (d. 2007)
1947 –
Gerard Schwarz , American conductor
1948 –
Gerald McRaney , American actor
1948 –
Tipper Gore ,
Second Lady of the United States
1952 –
Jonathan Frakes , American actor and director
1953 –
Lynwood Slim , American blues musician
1953 –
Mary Matalin , American political consultant
1955 –
Peter Gallagher , American actor
1955 –
Ned Yost , American baseball player and manager
1956 –
Adam Arkin , American actor
1958 –
Anthony Muñoz , American football player
1958 –
Gary Gaetti , American baseball player
1959 –
Ricky Pierce , American basketball player
1959 –
Susan Cummings , Monegasque-born American heiress and convicted murderer
1960 –
Morten Andersen , American football player
1960 –
Ron Darling , American baseball player and announcer
1962 –
Tammy Bruce , American political commentator
1963 –
John Stamos , American actor
1965 –
Kyra Sedgwick , American actress
1965 –
Kevin Dillon , American actor
1966 –
Lee Ann Womack , American musician
1968 –
Mark McGuinn , country music singer
1969 –
Nate Dogg , American rapper
1969 –
Kirk Herbstreit , American football analyst (
College GameDay )
1969 –
Paula Jai Parker , American actress
1969 –
Matthew Perry , American actor
1969 –
Patrick Van Horn , American actor
1969 –
Clay Walker , American singer
1970 –
Fat Joe , American rapper
1970 –
Jeff Tam , American baseball Player
1971 –
Mary Jo Fernandez , Tennis player
1974 –
Tim Kasher , American musician, Cursive and The Good Life
1975 –
Chynna Clugston , American comic book creator
1975 –
Tracie Thoms , American actress
1978 –
Chris Capuano , American baseball player
1979 –
Dave Douglas , American musician (
Relient K , Attack Cat)
1980 –
Michael Todd , American musician (
Coheed and Cambria )
1982 –
Erika Christensen , American actress
1982 –
J. J. Hardy , American baseball player
1983 –
John McCargo , American football player
1984 –
Micah Alberti , American actor
1985 –
Megan Rochell , American singer
1988 –
Travis Tedford , American actor
1989 –
Romeo Miller , American rapper and basketball player
Deaths
1692 –
John Proctor , Salem farmer and tavern keeper (b.1632)
1883 –
Jeremiah S. Black , American statesman (b. 1810)
1895 –
John Wesley Hardin , American gunfighter (b. 1853)
1959 –
Jacob Epstein , American-born sculptor (b. 1880)
1959 –
Blind Willie McTell , American blues singer, songwriter, and guitarist (b. 1901)
1975 –
Mark Donohue , American race car driver and engineer (b. 1937)
1977 –
Groucho Marx , American comedian and actor (b. 1890)
1979 –
Dorsey Burnette , American singer (b. 1932)
1994 –
Linus Pauling , American chemist, recipient of the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry and
Peace (b. 1901)
2000 –
Theodore Trautwein , American judge (b. 1920)
2001 –
Betty Everett , American singer and pianist (b. 1939)
2008 –
LeRoi Moore , American musician (
Dave Matthews Band ) (b. 1961)
2009 –
Don Hewitt , television news producer & director; creator of
60 Minutes (b. 1922)
Holidays and observances