2015 Event U.S. President Barack Obama restores the Native American name of Alaska's Mount McKinley, the tallest North American peak; the mountain will revert to its former name of Denali 2015 Event Australian golfer Jason Day wins the PGA Championship with a score of 20 under par; American Jordan Spieth wins second place, resulting in a rank of #1 in the world, replacing Northern Irish golf champ Rory McIlroy 2015 Event Delta Airlines states it will no longer transport wildlife trophies after the recent killing of a lion, Cecil, by an American who was reportedly unaware that the hunt was illegal; Delta formerly shipped such trophies if they were obtained legally 2015 Event Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei emphasizes that the country's recent nuclear agreement with the West does not change its opposition to the U.S. and to American policies in the Middle East 2015 Event During his visit to Bolivia, Pope Francis asks for forgiveness for the Catholic Church for its offenses against the indigenous population of the American continent during the conquest by European powers 2015 Event Amazon.com joins eBay and others in removing Confederate flag items from its site after last week's shooting of nine African American church members; though part of U.S. Civil War history, the flag is also seen by many as a symbol of racism 2015 Event American skier Lindsey Vonn wins her 63rd World Cup, setting a new record after 35 years; the previous record of 62 wins was held by Austrian skier Annemarie Moser-Proell 2015 Event American rock climbers Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson become the first to successfully free-climb the Dawn Wall face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park, a climb of 3,000 feet; the men started the climb on December 27th, 2014 2015 Event The U.S. has fined American Honda Motor Company $70 million for neglecting to report, from mid-2003 to mid-2014, over 1,700 safety issues that resulted in deaths or injuries 2014 Event The U.S. will end its 1960 embargo and reestablish diplomatic relations with Cuba; the agreement took place after an exchange of three Cuban spies for aid worker Alan Gross and an unnamed American spy 2014 Event American pet supply retailer PetSmart agrees to be purchased by private equity firm BC Partners for $8.7 billion 2014 Event American doctor Craig Spencer has been diagnosed with Ebola after recently returning to New York from Sierra Leone; Spencer rode the subway, went bowling, and took a taxi the day before he began displaying symptoms 2014 Event American freelance videographer Ashoka Mukpo tests positive for Ebola while working in Liberia; the cameraman has been working in the country for the past three years but became symptomatic the day after beginning an assignment for NBC News 2014 Event Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange; its pre-IPO market valuation of almost $168 billion exceeds that of American e-commerce giant Amazon by over $17 billion 2014 Event Dr. Kent Brantly and Nancy Writebol, American aid workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia and returned to the U.S. for treatment, have been released and declared fully recovered 2014 Event Dr. Kent Brantly, one of two American medical workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia, arrives in the U.S. for treatment in isolation at Emory University Hospital; the virus has already claimed hundreds of lives in West Africa 2014 Event U.S. President Barack Obama meets with Central American leaders, asking their assistance in curbing the flood of children attempting to immigrate; Obama asserted that children without proper documentation would be returned to their home countries 2014 Event Maya Angelou, American author of 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' and many other works, dies of natural causes at age 86 2014 Event An American, Meb Keflezighi, wins the men's Boston Marathon, one year after the race was targeted by bombings; an American last won the men's race in 1983 2014 Event Bubba Watson, American golfer, wins the Masters Tournament for the second year in a row 2014 Event Storied American actor Mickey Rooney dies at age 93 of natural causes 2014 Event American ice dancing pair Charlie White and Meryl Davis win the Olympic gold medal - the first gold won by the U.S. in this sport 2014 Event The 20th annual Screen Actors Guild Awards are held in Los Angeles; 'American Hustle' takes top awards, actor Matthew McConaughey and Cate Blanchett win Outstanding Performance awards 2014 Event At the 71st Golden Globe Awards, Best Motion Picture is awarded to '12 Years a Slave'; 'American Hustle is receives the Best Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy award, with actress Amy Adams honored as Best Actress 2013 Event Joan Fontaine, a British and American actress and sister of Olivia de Havilland, dies at the age of 96; Fontaine is famous for roles in Alfred Hitchcock thrillers Suspicion and Rebecca 2013 Event AMR Corporation, the parent company of American Airlines, merges with US Airways Group; American Airlines Group is formed and the public company begins trading on the NASDAQ under the symbol AAL 2013 Event American comedian Don Rickles receives treatment for a flesh-eating disease, necrotizing fasciitis, he contracted in his leg; the 87-year old is expected to make a full recovery 2013 Event A $3.4 billion takeover bid by American global food-processing giant Archer Daniels Midland for GrainCorp, an Australian agribusiness, is rejected by Federal Treasurer Joe Hockey 2013 Event American baseball shortstop Jose Iglesias secures a one-year contract to play for the Detroit Tigers Major League Baseball team 2013 Event Three American economists win the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences: Eugene Fama, Lars Peter Hansen, and Robert Shiller 2013 Event Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit the earth on Mercury 7, dies of complications from a stroke at the age of 88 2013 Event Winners of the 2013 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine include German scientist Thomas C. Sudhof and American scientists Randy Schekman and James Rothman 2013 Event Best-selling American author Tom Clancy dies at the age of 66; the author's debut book, 'The Hunt for Red October' has been cited as one of the greatest genre novels ever written 2013 Event An antitrust lawsuit brought on by the U.S. Department of Justice and six states is filed to block the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways 2013 Event At the Oak Hill Country Club in Pittsford, New York, American golfer Jason Dufner wins the 2013 PGA Championship 2013 Event In Scotland, the 2013 Open Championship is won by American golfer Phil Mickelson 2013 Death Helen Thomas, an American Journalist who reported on the White House for nearly fifty years, dies at the age of 92 2013 Event British-born, American businessman Christopher O'Neill marries Princess Madeleine of Sweden in a lavish ceremony 2013 Event American actress Angelina Jolie announces she underwent elective double mastectomy surgery because she carried the BRCA1 gene and had a family history of breast cancer 2013 Event American boxer Floyd Mayweather defeats Robert Guerrero and retains his WBC Welterweight title in a unanimous decision 2013 Event The News Corporation phone hacking scandal results in the company's agreement to pay $139 million to American shareholders 2013 Event American actress, Reese Witherspoon is arrested for disorderly conduct in Atlanta, Georgia 2013 Event A transistor-like transcriptor is built out of DNA and RNA molecules by American bioengineers at Stanford University 2013 Event The FBI reports they have discovered who stole $580 million in masterpieces from Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in 1990, the greatest art heist in American history 2013 Event American Grammy-winning rap artist, Lil Wayne, suffers a seizure in California, and recovers at a Los Angeles hospital 2013 Event Bankrupt carrier, American Airlines and U.S. Airways merge, forming the world's largest air carrier, to trade under the name, American Airlines 2013 Event The group of hackers known as Anonymous, hacks into the U.S. Sentencing Commission website as a response to the suicide of Aaron Swartz, an American computer programmer, and internet activist 2013 Event The 1950's American pop singer Patti Page, known for the songs, '(How Much Is That) Doggie In The Window' and "Tennessee Waltz', dies in Encinitas, California at 85 years old 2012 Event Famous American pianist and jazz composer, Dave Brubeck, dies at the age of 91 2012 Event Ballerina Natalia Makarova, blues legend Buddy Guy, actor Dustin Hoffman, American television host David Letterman, and surviving members of Led Zeppelin, receive 2012 Kennedy Center Honors for their contributions to American culture 2012 Event Former award-winning cyclist, American Lance Armstrong, is banned for life from participating in International Cycling Union-sanctioned events and stripped of his seven Tour de France titles based on the findings of a systematic doping investigation 2012 Event After five years of marriage, American actors Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes announce their plans to divorce 2012 Event In the eleventh 'American Idol' finale, Philip Phillips is named winner of 'American Idol,' with Jessica Sanchez as the runner-up 2012 Event Robert Spitzer, a retired American psychiatrist, claims his 2001 study was 'fatally flawed'; the study falsely supported the myth that gay people could be 'cured' 2012 Event The American company Apple, Inc. announces it is worth over $600 billion dollars, making the technology company the largest in the world by market capitalization 2012 Event In the U.S., the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists merge to create the SAG-AFTRA union 2012 Event Pope Benedict XVI announces seven new saints - including American saint Kateri Tekakwitha - and appoints 22 new cardinals 2012 Event American singer and actress Whitney Houston dies suddenly at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in California at age 48 2012 Event American Airlines' parent company announces it will cut 13,000 jobs or 15% of its workforce 2012 Event Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez meets with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on the first stop of Ahmadinejad's Latin American tour 2011 Event Lynn Margulis, an American evolutionary biologist, dies at age 73 2011 Event An investigation into the death of American actress Natalie Wood is reopened by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department after fresh information surfaces; Wood drowned in 1981 2011 Event Physician Conrad Murray, is found guilty of manslaughter in the death of the American entertainer Michael Jackson 2011 Event The U.S. is granted permission by North Korea to search for remains of American soliders killed during the Korean War 2011 Event In Game 5 of the American League Division Series, the Detroit Tigers beat the New York Yankees, moving on to play the Texas Rangers 2011 Event American innovator, businessman, co-founder and longtime CEO of Apple Inc., dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56 2011 Event A 26-year old American citizen is arrested by the FBI for a plot to fly remote-controlled planes filled with explosives into the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon in Washington, D.C. 2011 Event U.S. President Barack Obama announces that Osama bin Laden, founder of the militant Islamist group Al-Quaeda was killed by American military operatives 2011 Event The North American winter storm continues across the Southeastern United States and the Tennessee Valley 2011 Event The North American winter storm causes persistent cold temperatures in Mexico and power outages in the U.S. 2011 Event American actress Zsa Zsa Gabor undergoes a life-saving operation and has her leg amputated 2010 Event The 2010 Country Music Awards are held in Nashville, Tennessee; American singer Brad Paisley wins Entertainer of the Year 2010 Event American Alexandria Mills, age 18, wins the 60th Miss World pageant in China 2010 Event American Idol producer Simon Cowell signs a three-year deal with ITV for 'The X Factor' and 'Britain's Got Talent' 2010 Event The New York Yankees beat the Minnesota Twins, progressing to Major League Baseball's 2010 American League Championship Series 2010 Event American Actor Tony Curtis dies in Las Vegas, Nevada; Curtis appeared in over 100 films 2010 Death Eddie Fisher, American singer, dies in Berkeley, California 2010 Event Photographic negatives purchased at a garage sale prove to be early works by American photographer Ansel Adams 2010 Event United and Continental air lines announce that the two American companies will merge, creating the world's largest airline 2009 Event A large amount of space debris is created when a Russan and American satellite collide over Siberia 2009 Death Andrew Wyeth, American artist, dies at 91, after a brief illness 2007 Event Writers Guild of American goes on strike 2007 Death Albert Ellis, American psychologist, dies of heart failure at 93 2007 Death Louis W. Ballard, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee', dies of cancer in Santa Fe, New Mexico, at age 75 2006 Death Clifford Geertz, American Scientist 2006 Death Jeff Cooper, American Celebrity 2006 Death John M. Ford, American Writer 2006 Death Joseph Stefano, American Writer 2006 Death Kenneth Lay, American Businessman 2006 Death Stanley Kunitz, American Poet 2006 Death Caspar Weinberger, American Public Servant 2006 Death Harry Browne, American Writer 2006 Death Henry M. Morris, American Celebrity 2006 Death Andreas Katsulas, American Actor 2006 Death Wendy Wasserstein, American Playwright 2005 Death Robert Sheckley, American Author 2005 Death Al Lopez, American Coach 2005 Death Wellington Mara, American Businessman 2005 Death Constance Baker Motley, American Activist 2005 Death M. Scott Peck, American Psychologist 2005 Death Gordon Gould, American Physicist 2005 Death Robert Moog, American Inventor 2005 Death John H. Johnson, American Businessman 2005 Death Little Milton, American Musician 2005 Death Hank Stram, American Athlete 2005 Death Gaylord Nelson, American Politician 2005 Death John T. Walton, American Businessman 2005 Death Shelby Foote, American Author 2005 Death Jack Kilby, American Scientist 2005 Death James Jarrell Pickle, American Politician 2005 Death Jean O'Leary, American Activist 2005 Death Lloyd Cutler, American Lawyer 2005 Death Lloyd Norton Cutler, American Lawyer 2005 Death Joe Grant, American Artist 2005 Death David Hackworth, American Soldier 2005 Death Mel Gussow, American Critic 2005 Death Percy Heath, American Musician 2005 Death Philip Morrison, American Scientist 2005 Death Dale Messick, American Artist 2005 Death Frank Perdue, American Businessman 2005 Death Don Rose, American Entertainer 2005 Death Fred Korematsu, American Celebrity 2005 Death Howell Heflin, American Politician 2005 Death Greg Garrison, American Director 2005 Death John DeLorean, American Businessman 2005 Death Andre Norton, American Writer 2005 Death Jef Raskin, American Scientist 2005 Death Gene Scott, American Clergyman 2005 Death Fritz Scholder, American Artist 2005 Death Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity 2005 Death Ruth Warrick, American Musician 2005 Death Will Eisner, American Cartoonist 2005 Death Shirley Chisholm, American Politician 2005 Death Bob Matsui, American Politician 2004 Death Johnny Oates, American Athlete 2004 Death Tom Wesselmann, American Artist 2004 Death Larry Buchanan, American Director 2004 Death Anthony Hecht, American Poet 2004 Death Paul Nitze, American Writer 2004 Death Marvin Davis, American Businessman 2004 Event American military deaths in the Iraq War reach 1,000 2004 Death J. Irwin Miller, American Businessman 2004 Death Donald Justice, American Poet 2004 Death Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Coach 2004 Death Laurance Rockefeller, venture capitalist/philanthropist, founded the American Conservation Association, dies at 94 2004 Death Joe Gold, American Businessman 2004 Death Walter Wager, American Novelist 2004 Death Rodger Ward, American Celebrity 2004 Death Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman 2004 Death Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist 2004 Death Robert Teeter, American Politician 2004 Death Steve Lacy, American Musician 2004 Death Samuel Dash, American Lawyer 2004 Death Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman 2004 Death Victor Argo, American Actor 2004 Death Alistair Cooke, American Journalist 2004 Death Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright 2004 Death Bart Howard, American Composer 2004 Death John Hench, American Artist 2004 Death Jerry Nachman, American Journalist 2004 Death Alexandra Ripley, American Writer 2004 Death Tug McGraw, American Athlete 2003 Event American forces capture Sadam Hussen outside of Tikrit 2003 Death Clark Kerr, American Economist 2003 Death Warren Spahn, American Baseball pitcher, dies at home 2003 Death Wally George, American Celebrity 2003 Death Arthur Berger, American Composer 2003 Death Neil Postman, American Educator 2003 Death Garrett Hardin, American Environmentalist 2003 Death Ron Burton, American Athlete 2003 Death Wesley Willis, American Musician 2003 Death Ed Townsend, American Musician 2003 Death Herb Brooks, American Coach 2003 Death Ivan Allen, American Politician 2003 Death Buddy Hackett, American Comedian 2003 Death Donald T. Regan, American Public Servant 2003 Death Burke Marshall, American Lawyer 2003 Death Kathleen Winsor, American Author 2003 Death Sloan Wilson, American Novelist 2003 Death Mark McCormack, American Businessman 2003 Death June Carter, American Musician 2003 Death Jack Gelber, American Playwright 2003 Death David Lavender, American Historian 2003 Death Anita Borg, American Scientist 2003 Death Edwin Starr, American Musician 2003 Death Harry Ellis Dickson, American Musician 2003 Death Rachel Corrie, American Activist 2003 Death Stan Brakhage, American Director 2003 Death Karen Morley, American Actress 2003 Death Tom Glazer, American Musician 2003 Death Thomas Leonard, American Businessman 2003 Death Ron Ziegler, American Politician 2003 Death Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut 2003 Death Leslie Fiedler, American Critic 2003 Death Craig Kelly, American Athlete 2003 Death Conrad Hall, American Artist 2002 Death John Rawls, American Educator 2002 Death Jam Master Jay, American Musician 2002 Death Harry Hay, American Celebrity 2002 Death Richard M. Helms, American Celebrity 2002 Death Aileen Wuornos, American Criminal 2002 Death Charles Guggenheim, American Director 2002 Death Bruce Paltrow, American Producer 2002 Death Norman O. Brown, American Philosopher 2002 Death Bob Hayes, American Athlete 2002 Death W. Clement Stone, American Businessman 2002 Death Abe Lemons, American Coach 2002 Death Jesse Brown, American Politician 2002 Death William Pierce, American Celebrity 2002 Death Alan Lomax, American Writer 2002 Death Timothy White, American Critic 2002 Death Jack Buck, American Celebrity 2002 Death John Gotti, American Criminal 2002 Death Lew Wasserman, American Producer 2002 Death Flora Lewis, American Journalist 2002 Death Walter Lord, American Author 2002 Death David Riesman, American Sociologist 2002 Death Dan Devine, American Coach 2002 Death George Sidney, American Director 2002 Death Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, American Writer 2002 Death Jay Chiat, American Businessman 2002 Death Buck Baker, American Celebrity 2002 Death Ed Turner, American Journalist 2002 Death Randy Castillo, American Musician 2002 Death James Tobin, American Economist 2002 Death Harlan Howard, American Musician 2002 Death John W. Gardner, American Educator 2002 Death Vernon A. Walters, American Soldier 2002 Death Jack Henry Abbott, American Author 2002 Death Claude Brown, American Writer 2002 Death Robert Nozick, American Philosopher 2002 Death Stanley Marcus, American Businessman 2002 Death Carl Olson, American Athlete 2002 Death Cyrus Vance, American Statesman 2001 Death Millicent Carey McIntosh, American Educator 2001 Death Harvey Martin, American Athlete 2001 Death Lance Loud, "actor/early ""reality show"" star", An American Family, dies at 50 2001 Death Norman Granz, American Musician 2001 Event American Airlines flight 587 crashes in Belle Harbor, New York, killing 265, vertical stabilizer failure 2001 Death Marvin Harris, American Scientist 2001 Death Howard Finster, American Artist 2001 Death Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 2001 Death John Lilly, American Scientist 2001 Death Katherine Graham, American Publisher 2001 Death Joe Henderson, American Musician 2001 Death Jack Lemon, American Actor 2001 Death Joseph Greenberg, American Writer 2001 Death Morris Graves, American Artist 2001 Death Billy Higgins, American Musician 2001 Death Michael Ritchie, American Director 2001 Death Harvey Ball, American Celebrity 2001 Death Henry Lee Lucas, American Criminal 2001 Death Henry Wade, American Lawyer 2001 Death Roger Caras, American Activist 2001 Death Dale Earnhardt, American Celebrity 2001 Death Herbert Simon, American Scientist 2001 Death J. J. Johnson, American Musician 2001 Death O. Winston Link, American Photographer 2001 Death Al McGuire, American Coach 2001 Death Gregory Corso, American Poet 2001 Death William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman 2001 Death John G. Schmitz, American Politician 2000 Death Kenneth Lee Pike, American Sociologist 2000 Death John Lindsay, American Politician 2000 Death Gwendolyn Brooks, poet, first black American to win a Pulitzer Prize, dies at 83 2000 Death Gwendolyn Brooks, American Poet 2000 Death David R. Brower, American Environmentalist 2000 Death Mel Carnahan, American Politician 2000 Death Gus Hall, American Businessman 2000 Death Bruce Palmer, Jr., American Soldier 2000 Death William P. Bundy, American Historian 2000 Death John Harsanyi, American Educator 2000 Death Richard Kerry, American Diplomat 2000 Death John Tukey, American Scientist 2000 Death Jerome Richardson, American Musician 2000 Death Alan Hovhaness, American Composer 2000 Death Jacob Lawrence, American Artist 2000 Death William Simon, American Public Servant 2000 Death William E. Simon, American Public Servant 2000 Death Merton Miller, American Economist 2000 Death Leonard Baskin, American Artist 2000 Death John Coolidge, American Celebrity 2000 Death Karl Shapiro, American Poet 2000 Death Adam Petty, American Celebrity 2000 Death John Cardinal O'Connor, American Clergyman 2000 Death Lee Petty, American Celebrity 2000 Event 72nd Academy Awards Oscar Ceremony, Billy Crystal hosts, American Beauty wins Best Picture, Kevin Spacey and Hilary Swank win lead acting awards 2000 Death Malcolm Wilson, American Politician 2000 Death Franklin Garrett, American Historian 2000 Death Clifton Daniel, American Editor 2000 Death Tom Landry, American Coach 2000 Death Gil Kane, American Artist 2000 Death Bob Lemon, American Athlete 1999 Death Joey Adams, American Comedian 1999 Death Elizabeth Gray Vining, American Writer 1999 Death Alexander Liberman, American Designer 1999 Death Daniel Nathans, American Scientist 1999 Death Lester Bowie, American Musician 1999 Death Theodore Hall, American Criminal 1999 Death Bobby Sheehan, American Musician 1999 Death Pee Wee Reese, American Athlete 1999 Death Harry Walker, American Athlete 1999 Death James L. Farmer, Jr., American Activist 1999 Death J. F. Powers, American Novelist 1999 Death James Broughton, American Director 1999 Death John Minor Wisdom, American Judge 1999 Death Roderick Thorp, American Novelist 1999 Death Boxcar Willie, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music, dies from leukemia, in Branson, Missouri, at age 67 1999 Death Harry Callahan, American Photographer 1999 Death Early Wynn, American Athlete 1999 Death Andre Dubus, American Writer 1999 Death Henry W. Kendall, American Scientist 1998 Death William Gaddis, American Novelist 1998 Death Margaret Walker, American Poet 1998 Death Kerry Thornley, American Philosopher 1998 Death Nelson Goodman, American Philosopher 1998 Death Stokely Carmichael, American Activist 1998 Death Bob Kane, American Artist 1998 Death Betty Carter, American Musician 1998 Death Frederick Reines, American Physicist 1998 Death James Patrick Murray, American Journalist 1998 Death Alan Shepard, astronaut, first American in space, dies at 74 1998 Death Danielle Berry, American Celebrity 1998 Death Kay Thompson, American Author 1998 Death Alan Shepard, American Astronaut 1998 Death Eldridge Cleaver, American Activist 1998 Death Gabe Paul, American Businessman 1998 Death Tom Cora, American Musician 1998 Death Tim Flock, American Celebrity 1998 Death David F. Powers, American Politician 1998 Death Benjamin Spock, American Scientist 1998 Death Theodore William Schultz, American Economist 1998 Death Henny Youngman, American Comedian, dies at age 91 in New York City 1998 Death Lawrence Sanders, American Novelist 1998 Event 25th American Music Award: Spice Girls and Babyface win 1998 Event President Clinton says "I want to say one thing to the American people I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky" 1998 Event World League of American Football becomes NFL East 1997 Death James Laughlin, American Poet 1997 Event "Jackie - An American Life," opens at Belasco Theater New York City 1997 Death James A. Michener, American Novelist 1997 Event American Justin Leonard wins the British Open shooting at 272 1997 Event "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 88 performances 1997 Event Wallace Berg, 42, is 4th American to scale Mount Everest for 3rd time 1997 Death Alfred Day Hershey, American Scientist 1997 Event "American Daughter" opens at Cort Theater New York City for 88 performances 1997 Event Pitts Penguins' Joe Mullen, is 1st American to score 500 NHL goals 1997 Death Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist 1997 Event American Express Senior Golf Invitational 1997 Event 11th American Comedy Award: Debbie Reynolds 1997 Event 24th American Music Award: Toni Braxton and Alanis Morissette win 1996 Death Ray Blanton, American Politician 1996 Death Harold E. Hughes, American Politician 1996 Death David Viscott, American Psychologist 1996 Death Spiro T. Agnew, American Politician 1996 Death Leon Shenandoah, native American leader, dies at 81 1996 Death Thomas Kuhn, American Writer 1996 Death George D. Snell, American Scientist 1996 Death Timothy Leary, American Educator 1996 Death William Colby, American Public Servant 1996 Death James Rouse, American Businessman 1996 Death Edmund S. Muskie, American Politician 1996 Death George Burns, American Comedian 1996 Event 10th American Comedy Award 1996 Death Gene Kelly, actor and dancer, 'An American in Paris', 'Singin' in the Rain', dies at 83 1996 Event 23rd American Music Award: Garth Brooks wins 1995 Event American Flight 965 crashes in Columbia, 159 die, 5 survive 1995 Death Morrie Schwartz, American Educator 1995 Death Eiji Okada, actor (Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American), dies at 75 1995 Death William Kunstler, American Activist 1995 Death Alfred Eisenstaedt, American Photographer 1995 Death Alonzo Church, American Mathematician 1995 Death Warren E. Burger, American Judge 1995 Death Al Hansen, Norwegian American artist, dies at 67 1995 Death Roger Zelazny, American Writer 1995 Death Stanley Elkin, American Author 1995 Death Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman 1995 Death Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, Mexican American singer, dies in Corpus Christi, Texas, murdered by Yolanda Saldivar at age 23 1995 Event Letitia Vriesde runs S American indoor record 800m (2:00.35) 1995 Event 9th American Comedy Award: Rodney Dangerfield 1995 Event American Express Travel begins charging for domestic air tickets 1995 Death James Merrill, American Poet 1995 Event 22nd American Music Award: Boyz II Men and Ace of Base win 1995 Death Rose Kennedy, American Author 1995 Death Murray Rothbard, American Economist 1994 Death David Dean Rusk, American Politician 1994 Event American Eagle commuter plane crashes in NC, killing 15 1994 Death Al Levitt, American jazz artist, dies at 63 1994 Event American Eagle ATR-72 crash down at Gary, Indiana: 68 killed 1994 Event National Museum of American Indian opens (New York City) 1994 Death Cab Calloway, American Musician 1994 Death Gene Cherico, bassist, American jazz, toured with Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded with Paul Desmond, dies at 59 1994 Death Charles A. Beckwith, American Soldier 1994 Event "Cafe American," last airs on NBC-TV 1994 Death Margaret Skeete, oldest American, dies at 115 1994 Death Fred Sadoff, actor (Quiet American), dies of AIDS at 67 1994 Death Richard M. Nixon, American President 1994 Death Karl Hess, American Writer 1994 Death Ralph Ellison, American Author 1994 Death Lewis Grizzard, American Writer 1994 Event 8th American Comedy Award: Carrot Top wins 1994 Death Marvin J. Ashton, American Clergyman 1994 Birthday Dakota Fanning, born in Conyers, Georgia, American Actress 1994 Event 21st American Music Award: Whitney Houston wins 1994 Death Thomas P. O'Neill, American Politician 1994 Death Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician 1994 Event North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) goes into effect 1993 Death Frank Zappa, American Musician 1993 Event Atlantic Radio (20 radio stations) becomes American Radio Systems 1993 Death Doris Duke, heiress (American Tobacco Co), dies at 80 1993 Death Jimmy Doolittle, American Aviator 1993 Death Marian Anderson, American Musician 1993 Death Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher 1993 Death Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist 1993 Death GG Allin, American Musician 1993 Death Max A. Zorn, American Mathematician 1993 Event 7th American Comedy Award: Seinfeld wins 1993 Death Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist 1993 Event 20th American Music Award: Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey win 1992 Death Allan Bloom, author (Closing of the American Mind), dies at 62 1992 Death James Van Fleet, American Soldier 1992 Death Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S. author (American Glass Animals), dies 1992 Death M. F. K. Fisher, American Writer 1992 Death Morris Kline, American Writer 1992 Death Robert Alton Harris, American Criminal 1992 Event American Airlines reduce its 1st-class fares 20%-50% 1992 Death Issac Asimov, American Writer 1992 Event 6th American Comedy Award: Cathy Ladman, Judy Watkins, Billy Crystal 1992 Death Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge 1992 Event 19th American Music Award: C and C Music Factory, Michael Bolton win 1991 Event Pan American World Airways ceased operations 1991 Event Muslim Shites release American held in Lebanon hostage Joseph Cicippio 1991 Death Steven Jesse Bernstein, American Writer 1991 Death Miles Davis, American Musician 1991 Event Kim Zmeskal is 1st American to win a medal at World Gymnastics Championships, she wins the gold with 39.848 pts 1991 Death James Roosevelt, American Politician 1991 Death Richard Snelling, American Politician 1991 Death James Irwin, American Astronaut 1991 Event Debbie Doom (U.S.) pitches 2nd consecutive perfect game in women's softball at the Pan American Games, beats Nicaragua, 8-0 1991 Event Buffalo Bills beat Philadelphia Eagles, 17-13 in American Bowl in Wembley 1991 Death Isaac Bashevis Singer, American Novelist 1991 Event Warren Schutte, is 1st non American to win NCAA Div 1 golf title 1991 Death Johnny Thunders, American Musician 1991 Event 1st World League of American Football games, London beats Frankfurt 24-11, Sacramento beats Raleigh-Dur 9-3 and Mont beats Birmingham 20-5 1991 Event 5th American Comedy Award: Dennis Wolfberg 1991 Event Planeloads of U.S. troops arrive home from the Persian Gulf, Iraq hands over 40 foreign journalists and 2 American soldiers it captured 1991 Death Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete 1991 Event Bank of Credit and Commerce International divests itself of 1st American Bank 1991 Event End of World League of American Football's (WLAF) 1st draft 1991 Death John Sloan Dickey, American Diplomat 1991 Event All American Bowl ends after 14 years 1991 Event 18th American Music Award: M C Hammer and Janet Jackson 1991 Death Harold Grange, American Athlete 1991 Death Carl D. Anderson, American Scientist 1990 Birthday Joanna Noelle Levesque, also known as JoJo, American Musician 1990 Death Ed Parker, American Athlete 1990 Death William S. Paley, American Businessman 1990 Death Anatole Broyard, American Critic 1990 Death Norman Maclean, American Author 1990 Death Cedric Belfrage, American Sociologist 1990 Death Ralph Abernathy, American Activist 1990 Death Cyrus Rowlett Smith, American Businessman 1990 Death Sarah Vaughan, American Musician 1990 Death Harry Bridges, American Activist 1990 Event 4th American Comedy Award: When Harry Met Sally 1990 Death Malcolm S. Forbes, American Publisher 1990 Death James M. Gavin, American Scientist 1990 Death Del Shannon, American Musician 1990 Death Alan Perlis, American Scientist 1990 Death Aaron Copland, American Composer 1990 Death Lewis Mumford, American Sociologist 1990 Event 17th American Music Award: Milli Vanilli 1990 Death Arthur Joseph Goldberg, American Statesman died at age 81 1989 Event American Airlines purchases Eastern Airline's Latin American route 1989 Birthday Michelle Wie, American Athlete 1989 Death Bette Davis, American Actress 1989 Death Robert Penn Warren, American Novelist 1989 Death A. Bartlett Giamatti, American Educator 1989 Death Diana Vreeland, American Editor 1989 Birthday Lil' Romeo, American Musician 1989 Death William Shockley, American Physicist 1989 Death I. F. Stone, American Journalist 1989 Death Walter Martin, American Clergyman 1989 Death Howard Simons, American Editor 1989 Event 3rd American Comedy Award: Paula Poundstone 1989 Death John J. McCloy, American Lawyer 1989 Death Norris Cotton, American Politician 1989 Event 16th American Music Award: Randy Travis and George Michael wins 1989 Event Augusto Alcalde, 1st South American Zen teacher, receives Dharma Transmission 1988 Event Arafat meets prominent American Jews in Stockholm, Sweden 1988 Death John N. Mitchell, American Politician 1988 Death Virginia Satir, American Psychologist 1988 Event Andy Hampton is 1st American to win Round of Italy 1988 Birthday Mae Whitman, American Actress 1988 Event 2nd American Comedy Award: Robin Williams and Tracey Ullman 1988 Death Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer 1988 Death Valerie Solanas, American Writer 1988 Death Clifford D. Simak, American Writer 1988 Event Eugene Marino of Atlanta, appointed 1st African American archbishop 1988 Death John Clellon Holmes, American Writer 1988 Event 15th American Music Award: Anita Baker, Paul Simon and Whitney Houston 1988 Death Pappy Boyington, American Soldier 1987 Birthday Angel Carter, American Model 1987 Death James A. Baldwin, American Author 1987 Death Alf Landon, American Politician 1987 Birthday Evan Rachel Wood, American Actress 1987 Event 5 Central American presidents sign peace accord in Guatemala 1987 Birthday Michael Welch, American Actor 1987 Event North American Philips Company unveils compact disc video 1987 Event 1st American Comedy Award 1987 Birthday Jesse McCartney, American Musician 1987 Death Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director, dies at 90 1987 Event Chrysler Corp offered to buy American Motors Corp for $1 billion 1987 Death Carl Rogers, American Psychologist 1987 Event 14th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Lionel Richie and Alabama 1987 Death Lawrence Kohlberg, American Educator 1986 Death Virginia C. Andrews, American Author 1986 Death Ella Baker, American Activist 1986 Birthday Camilla Belle, American Actress 1986 Birthday Emmy Rossum, American Actress 1986 Event Greg Lemond is 1st American to win Tour de France 1986 Death James Rainwater, American Scientist 1986 Death Helen B. Taussig, American Scientist 1986 Death Jimmy Lyons, American Musician 1986 Death Theodore White, American Journalist 1986 Event Donald E. Pelotte becomes 1st native American bishop 1986 Death J. Allen Hynek, American Scientist 1986 Birthday Mary Beth Whitehead, American Celebrity 1986 Birthday Brittany Snow, American Actress 1986 Death Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist 1986 Death Frank Herbert, American Writer 1986 Event 13th American Music Award: Whitney Houston, Huey Lewis and C Gayle 1986 Birthday Mischa Barton, American Actress 1985 Event Position of American Poet Laureate established (Robert Warren is 1st) 1985 Birthday Michelle Trachtenberg, American Actress 1985 Death E. B. White, American Comedian 1985 Death Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete 1985 Event American, Brazilian and West German forensic pathologists confirm skeletal remains exhumed in Brazil were Nazi Dr. Josef Mengele 1985 Event American Thomas Sutherland is kidnapped and held hostage in Lebanon 1985 Death Theodore Sturgeon, American Writer 1985 Death Irving Mills, American Musician 1985 Death Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist 1985 Birthday Emile Hirsch, American Actor 1985 Death Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American Politician 1985 Event 12th American Music Award 1985 Event 16 indicted by U.S. for granting sanctuary to Central American refugees 1984 Death Stanley Milgram, American Psychologist 1984 Birthday Scarlett Johansson, American Actress 1984 Birthday Jena Malone, American Actress 1984 Birthday Sasha Cohen, American Athlete 1984 Death George Gaylord Simpson, American Scientist 1984 Death Walt Alston, American Athlete 1984 Death Joe Cronin, shortstop and American League President, dies at 77 1984 Death George Oppen, American Poet 1984 Birthday Fantasia Barrino, American Musician 1984 Birthday Carmelo Anthony, American Athlete 1984 Death Francis Schaeffer, American Theologian 1984 Death William Allen Egan, American Politician 1984 Death Count Basie, American Musician 1984 Birthday America Ferrera, American Actress 1984 Event Pulitzer prize awarded to Mary Oliver for "American Primitive" 1984 Birthday Christy Romano, American Actress 1984 Birthday Olivia Wilde, American Actress 1984 Event Bill Johnson becomes 1st American to win Olympic downhill skiing gold 1984 Death Malcolm H Kerr, 9th President of American University of Beirut, shot dead 1984 Event Madonna 1st sings "Holiday" on American Bandstand 1983 Event "Marilyn: An American Fable" closes at Minskoff New York City after 16 performances 1983 Event "Marilyn: An American Fable" opens at Minskoff New York City for 16 performances 1983 Death George Halas, American Coach 1983 Event Greg LeMond becomes only American to win cycling's Road Championship 1983 Death Henry M. Jackson, American Politician 1983 Birthday Mila Kunis, American Actress 1983 Death Howard Dietz, American Musician 1983 Event U.S. announces Lebanon freed American hostage David Dodge 1983 Death Kenneth Millar, American Writer 1983 Death R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor 1983 Death James Van Der Zee, American Photographer 1983 Death Earl Hines, American Musician 1983 Death Haldan Keffer Hartline, American Scientist 1983 Birthday Carrie Underwood, American Musician 1983 Death Paul Bryant, American Coach 1983 Event 10th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers 1983 Birthday William Hung, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, outsider musician, rose to fame for an off-key performance of 'She Bangs' by Ricky Martin on 'American Idol' show 1983 Death Tom McCall, American Politician 1983 Birthday Natalie Gulbis, American Athlete 1982 Event Seattle Baptist Church declares sanctuary for Central American refugees 1982 Birthday Lucas Black, born in Decatur, Alabama, actor, appeared in film, 'Sling Blade', 'Jarhead', 'Friday Night Lights' and television series, 'American Gothic' 1982 Birthday Heather Matarazzo, American Actress 1982 Death Waverley Lewis Root, American Journalist 1982 Birthday Erika Christensen, American Actress 1982 Event Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) 1982 Birthday Brad Renfro, born in Knoxville, Tennessee American actor, film and television 1982 Event David S. Dodge becomes 1st American hostage in Lebanon 1982 Birthday Sophia Bush, American Actress 1982 Death Neil Bogart, American Businessman 1982 Birthday Kelly Clarkson, born in Fort Worth, Texas, singer, songwriter, winner of first season of 'American Idol' television series, hits include, 'Thankful', 'Because of You' 1982 Death Archibald McLeish, American Poet 1982 Death Nathan F. Twining, American Soldier 1982 Birthday Danica Patrick, American Celebrity 1982 Birthday Thora Birch, American Actress 1982 Event Beth Daniel wins LPGA American Express Sun City Golf Classic 1982 Death Philip K. Dick, American Writer 1982 Event 9th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers win 1982 Death Vladimir K Zworykin, Russian/American engineer (cathode-ray tube), dies 1981 Birthday Elizabeth Jordan Carr, 1st American test tube baby 1981 Birthday Sienna Miller, American Actress 1981 Death Mehmet Shehu, Prime Minister Albania 1954 - 1981, American spy, commits suicide 1981 Death Walter Knott, American Businessman 1981 Birthday Jenna Bush, American Celebrity 1981 Death Brooks Hays, American Politician 1981 Event Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg becomes an honarary American 1981 Birthday Christina Milian, American Musician 1981 Death Harry Warren, American Composer 1981 Event West Tampa Florida defeats Richmand Virgina, 6-4 to win American Legion World Series 1981 Birthday Rachel Bilson, American Actress 1981 Event American Charles Chapman is 1st black to swim English Channel 1981 Birthday Chad Michael Murray, American Actor 1981 Death Ray Harrison, dancer (American Song), dies at 64 1981 Event Amanda Maccaro becomes 1st American to win Russian Ballet Competition 1981 Death Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman 1981 Event Donna Caponi Young wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic 1981 Birthday Michael Pitt, American Actor 1981 Death Frank Lane, American Businessman 1981 Birthday Young Buck, American Musician 1981 Birthday Ellen Muth, American Actress 1981 Birthday Bryce Dallas Howard, American Actress 1981 Birthday John Walker Lindh, American Criminal 1981 Birthday Justin Timberlake, American Musician 1981 Event 8th American Music Award: Kenny Rogers wins 1981 Birthday Beverley Mitchell, American Actress 1981 Event U.S. and Iran sign agreement to release 52 American hostages 1980 Birthday Christina Aguilera, American Musician 1980 Death Colonel Sanders, also known as Harland Sanders, American Celebrity 1980 Event 4 American Maryknoll nuns killed by death squads in El Salvador 1980 Death John William McCormack, American Politician 1980 Birthday Nick Cannon, American Musician 1980 Birthday Jason Cook, American Actor 1980 Death Willard Libby, American Scientist 1980 Death James S. McDonnell, American Businessman 1980 Birthday Vanessa Carlton, American Musician 1980 Event American hostage Richard I Queen freed by Iran 1980 Birthday Adam Petty, American Celebrity 1980 Death Dore Schary, American Producer 1980 Death Helen Gahagan, American Actress 1980 Birthday Richard Jefferson, American Athlete 1980 Death Henry Miller, American Author 1980 Birthday Matt Long, American Actor 1980 Event Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender/WRAL Golf Classic 1980 Death Jesse Owens, American Athlete 1980 Death George H. Fallon, American Politician 1980 Birthday Howard Bailey, American Musician 1980 Birthday Laura Prepon, American Actress 1980 Birthday Steve Blake, American Athlete 1980 Birthday Jason Ritter, American Actor 1980 Death William Howard Stein, American Scientist 1980 Death William O. Douglas, American Judge 1980 Birthday Zooey Deschanel, born in Los Angeles, California, American Actress 1979 Birthday Nick Stahl, American Actor 1979 Death Jerome Cavanagh, American Politician 1979 Event American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff from Chicago, kills 275 1979 Event ABC broadcasts "Iran Crisis: American Held Hostage" with Frank Reynolds (forerunner to "Nightline") 1979 Birthday Trishelle Cannatella, American Celebrity 1979 Birthday Mya, Mya Marie Harrison, American Musician 1979 Birthday Kristanna Loken, American Actress 1979 Death Charlie Smith, oldest American (137 year), dies 1979 Birthday Rachael Leigh Cook, American Actress 1979 Birthday Shannyn Sossamon, American Musician 1979 Death Dorothy Arzner, American Director 1979 Birthday Foxy Brown, American Musician 1979 Birthday Jamal Lewis, American Athlete 1979 Death George Seaton, American Playwright 1979 Death Leverett Saltonstall, American Politician 1979 Death Forrest Carter, American Writer 1979 Birthday Monica Keena, American Actress 1979 Event American Airlines DC-10 crashes in Chicago killing 275 1979 Death A. Philip Randolph, American Activist 1979 Birthday Rosario Dawson, American Actress 1979 Birthday Lance Bass, American Musician 1979 Birthday Jaime King, American Actress 1979 Birthday Rachel Corrie, American Activist 1979 Birthday Natasha Lyonne, American Actress 1979 Birthday Joel Madden, American Musician 1979 Birthday Mena Suvari, born in Newport, Rhode Island, actress, fashion designer, movies include: 'American Beauty', 'American Pie', 'Day of the Dead' 1979 Event 6th American Music Award: Barry Manilow, Linda Ronstadt win 1978 Birthday LaToya London, American Musician 1978 Birthday John Legend, American Musician 1978 Birthday Jackie Stiles, American Athlete 1978 Death Don Ellis, American Musician 1978 Birthday Ian Somerhalder, American Actor 1978 Birthday Shiri Appleby, American Actress 1978 Birthday Clay Aiken, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, singer, appeared on 'American Idol' television show, debut album, 'Measure of a Man' went multi-platinum 1978 Death Warren Weaver, American Scientist 1978 Birthday Justin Guarini, American Musician 1978 Birthday Will Estes, American Actor 1978 Death Tibor Serly, Hungarian violist/composer (American Elegy), dies at 76 1978 Birthday Dante Hall, American Athlete 1978 Birthday Nick Johnson, American Athlete 1978 Birthday Ruben Studdard, American Musician 1978 Birthday Benjamin McKenzie, American Actor 1978 Birthday Wes Bentley, born in Jonesboro, Arkansas, actor, films include 'Beloved', 'American Beauty', 'The Last Word' 1978 Birthday Amber Brkich, American Celebrity 1978 Birthday Marisa Miller, American Model 1978 Birthday Michelle Rodriguez, American Actress 1978 Birthday Mario Vazquez, born in The Bronx, New York, singer, competitor on television show, 'American Idol', released album, 'Mario Vazquez' with Arista Records in 2005 1978 Event Jordan's King Hussein marries Elizabeth Halaby, 26-yr-old American 1978 Birthday Shane West, American Actor 1978 Birthday Justin Long, American Actor 1978 Birthday Jessica Cutler, American Celebrity 1978 Birthday Barry Zito, American Athlete 1978 Birthday Jason Biggs, born in Pompton Palins, New Jersey, actor, breakout role, Jim Levenstein in movie, 'American Pie' 1978 Event Amy Alcott wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic 1978 Birthday James Franco, American Actor 1978 Event "History of the American Film" closes at ANTA New York City after 21 performances 1978 Event "History of the American Film" opens at ANTA Theater New York City for 21 performances 1978 Birthday Kevin Federline, American Dancer 1978 Birthday Jay Hernandez, American Actor 1978 Event Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic 1978 Death James Bryant Conant, American Scientist 1978 Birthday Michael East, American Athlete 1978 Event 5th American Music Award: Stevie Wonder, Fleetwood Mac and C Twitty 1978 Death Hubert H. Humphrey, American Politician 1978 Birthday January Jones, American Actress 1977 Birthday Colin Hanks, American Actor 1977 Birthday Maggie Gyllenhaal, American Actress 1977 Birthday Obie Trice, American Musician 1977 Birthday Randy Harrison, American Actor 1977 Birthday John Mayer, American Musician 1977 Event N.Y. Cosmos defeat Seattle Sounders, 2-1, at Civic Stadium in Portland, Oregon, winning their 2nd North American Soccer League championship 1977 Death Groucho Marx, American Comedian 1977 Death George Kenney, American Soldier 1977 Birthday Nat Friedman, American Businessman 1977 Birthday Ashley Scott, American Actress 1977 Death Alice Paul, American Activist 1977 Death Vladimir Nabokov, American Novelist 1977 Birthday Jason Mraz, American Musician 1977 Birthday Jai Rodriguez, American Actor 1977 Death Marston Morse, American Mathematician 1977 Death Tom C. Clark, American Politician 1977 Birthday Kanye West, American Musician 1977 Birthday Ricky Williams, American Athlete 1977 Death Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator 1977 Birthday Tom Welling, American Actor 1977 Event Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA American Defender Golf Tournament 1977 Birthday Aaron Stanford, American Actor 1977 Birthday Kelli White, American Athlete 1977 Birthday Joseph Hahn, American Musician 1977 Birthday Bubba Sparxxx, American Musician 1977 Event Eric Heiden is 1st American to win world speed skating championship 1977 Event Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic 1977 Birthday Randy Moss, American Athlete 1977 Birthday Mike Shinoda, American Musician 1977 Birthday Gavin DeGraw, American Musician 1977 Birthday Shakira, born in Barranquilla, Columbia, singer-songwriter, record producer, dancer, Latin American musical prodigy 1977 Death Anais Nin, Cuban/American writer (Delta of Venus), dies at 73 1977 Death Carroll Quigley, American Writer 1976 Death Richard J. Daley, American Politician 1976 Birthday Colleen Haskell, American Celebrity 1976 Death Walter Piston, American Composer 1976 Event American Saul Bellow wins Nobel Prize for Literature 1976 Birthday Desmond Harrington, American Actor 1976 Birthday Seann William Scott, American Actor 1976 Birthday Shannon Elizabeth, American Actress 1976 Birthday Oliver Hudson, American Actor 1976 Birthday Shar Jackson, American Actress 1976 Birthday Scott Caan, American Actor 1976 Birthday Josh Schwartz, American Producer 1976 Birthday Jon Crosby, American Musician 1976 Event 1st U.S. football club in Austria forms (FAAFC-1st Austrian American) 1976 Death Minor White, American Photographer 1976 Death J. Paul Getty, American Businessman 1976 Event Sue Roberts wins LPGA American Defender Golf Classic 1976 Death Samuel E. Morison, American Historian 1976 Birthday Dave Willis, American Actor 1976 Birthday Susan Ward, American Model 1976 Birthday Candace Cameron, American Actress 1976 Birthday Peyton Manning, American Athlete 1976 Birthday Reese Witherspoon, American Actress 1976 Birthday Chester Bennington, American Musician 1976 Birthday Brittany Daniel, American Actress 1976 Birthday Danny Masterson, American Actor 1976 Death Lee J. Cobb, American Actor 1976 Birthday Buddy Rice, American Celebrity 1976 Event David Mamet's "American Buffalo," premieres in New York City 1976 Death Charles Reznikoff, American Poet 1975 Birthday Rob Mariano, American Celebrity 1975 Birthday Trish Stratus, American Entertainer 1975 Death Thornton Wilder, American Novelist 1975 Birthday Travis Barker, American Musician 1975 Birthday Tara Reid, born in Wyckoff, New Jersey, actress, appeared in films, 'American Pie', 'Urban Legend', 'The Big Lebowski', 'Josie and the Pussycats' 1975 Death Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist 1975 Birthday Bo Bice, American Musician 1975 Birthday Patrick McHenry, American Politician 1975 Birthday Marion Jones, American Athlete 1975 Birthday Casey Affleck, American Actor 1975 Birthday Carolyn Murphy, American Model 1975 Death Anthony McAuliffe, American Soldier 1975 Death James Blish, American Author 1975 Birthday Curtis Jackson, American Musician 1975 Birthday Joshua Leonard, American Actor 1975 Birthday Andre Benjamin, American Musician 1975 Event Joanne Carner wins LPGA American DefenderGolf Classic 1975 Birthday Johnny Galecki, born in Bree, Belgium, actor, American Dreamer, David-Roseanne 1975 Birthday Zach Braff, American Actor 1975 Birthday Eva Longoria, American Actress 1975 Event 2nd American Music Awards 1975 Birthday Wes Borland, American Musician 1975 Birthday Kim Mathers, American Celebrity 1975 Birthday Bradley Cooper, American Actor 1974 Birthday Ryan Seacrest, American Entertainer 1974 Birthday Heather Donahue, American Actress 1974 Birthday Giovanni Ribisi, American Actor 1974 Birthday Meg White, American Musician 1974 Birthday Chloe Sevigny, American Actress 1974 Birthday Nelly, also known as Cornell Haynes, Jr., American Musician 1974 Birthday Joaquin Phoenix, American Actor 1974 Death Luther H. Hodges, American Politician 1974 Event Clarence Jones of Kintetsu Buffaloes hits his 38th home run, 1st American to win a Japanese home run title 1974 Birthday Harmony Korine, American Director 1974 Event Judy Rankin wins LPGA Colgate-European American Golf Open 1974 Death Dizzy Dean, American Athlete 1974 Death Earl Warren, American Judge 1974 Birthday Brande Roderick, American Model 1974 Birthday Jason Mewes, American Actor 1974 Birthday Ahmed Best, American Actor 1974 Birthday Aaron McGruder, American Artist 1974 Birthday Ken Jennings, American Celebrity 1974 Event Jo Ann Prentice wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic 1974 Death Frederick Kelly, American Athlete 1974 Birthday Derek Luke, American Actor 1974 Event American Boccaccio Association forms 1974 Death Marston Bates, American Scientist 1974 Birthday Alyson Hannigan, born in Washington, D.C., actress, known for television series, 'Buffy The Vampire Slayer', appeared in 'American Pie' films 1974 Birthday Beanie Sigel, American Musician 1974 Birthday Matt Robinson, American Actor 1974 Birthday Chad Hugo, American Musician 1974 Birthday Seth Green, American Actor 1974 Birthday Ed Helms, American Comedian 1974 Event ABC airs final episode of "Love, American Style" 1973 Birthday Jason Behr, American Actor 1973 Event American Psychiatric Association declares homosexuality is not mental illness 1973 Birthday Mos Def, also known as Dante Terrel Smith, American Musician 1973 Birthday Holly Marie Combs, American Actress 1973 Birthday Dana Snyder, American Actor 1973 Birthday Nick Lachey, American Musician 1973 Event OLADE (Latin American Energy Organization) forms 1973 Birthday Seth MacFarlane, American Cartoonist 1973 Death Margaret Anderson, American Editor 1973 Event "We're An American Band" by Grand Funk peaks at #1 1973 Birthday Bridgette Wilson, American Actress 1973 Birthday James Marsden, American Actor 1973 Event Mike Storen becomes American Basketball Association's 4th commissioner 1973 Birthday Rose McGowan, American Actress 1973 Birthday Alexandra Kerry, American Actress 1973 Birthday Jennifer Wilbanks, American Celebrity 1973 Birthday Dave Chappelle, American Comedian 1973 Birthday Monica Lewinsky, American Celebrity 1973 Birthday Nomar Garciaparra, American Athlete 1973 Birthday Omar Epps, American Actor 1973 Birthday Tim Ryan, American Politician 1973 Death Laurens Hammond, American Inventor 1973 Birthday Gretchen Wilson, American Musician 1973 Event "American Graffiti" opens in New York City 1973 Birthday Faith Evans, American Musician 1973 Death Jeanette Rankin, American Politician 1973 Birthday Joshua Homme, American Musician 1973 Birthday Tori Spelling, American Actress 1973 Event Judy Rankin wins LPGA American Defender-Raleigh Golf Classic 1973 Birthday Elisabeth Rohm, American Actress 1973 Birthday Jennifer Esposito, American Actress 1973 Birthday Pharrell Williams, American Musician 1973 Death Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist 1973 Event American Indian Movement occupy Wounded Knee in South Dakota 1973 Event Members of American Indian Movement begin occupation of Wounded Knee 1973 Birthday Justin Sane, American Musician 1973 Birthday Drew Curtis, American Businessman 1973 Death Lyndon B. Johnson, American President 1973 Event American League adopts designated hitter rule 1972 Death Joseph Cornell, American Sculptor 1972 Death Harry S. Truman, American President 1972 Birthday Tre Cool, American Musician 1972 Birthday Josh Duhamel, American Actor 1972 Death Ezra Pound, American Poet 1972 Birthday Gabrielle Union, American Actress 1972 Birthday Brad Paisley, American Musician 1972 Birthday Wyclef Jean, American Musician 1972 Event American Museum of Immigration dedicated 1972 Birthday Michael Landes, actor, American Summer 1972 Birthday Chris Tucker, American Actor 1972 Death Don Byas, American Musician 1972 Death Oscar Levant, actor (American in Paris, Dance of Life), dies at 65 1972 Event Last American combat ground troops leave Vietnam 1972 Birthday Angie Harmon, American Model 1972 Birthday Maya Rudolph, American Actress 1972 Death Allen J. Ellender, American Politician 1972 Birthday Scott Foley, American Actor 1972 Birthday Michael Rosenbaum, American Actor 1972 Birthday Chuck Klosterman, American Critic 1972 Event Hurricane Agnes is costliest natural disaster in American history 1972 Birthday Selma Blair, American Actress 1972 Birthday Brian McBride, American Athlete 1972 Birthday Robin Tunney, American Actress 1972 Death Saul Alinsky, American Activist 1972 Birthday Wayne Brady, American Comedian 1972 Death Frank Tashlin, American Artist 1972 Death J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant 1972 Birthday Dwayne Johnson, American Athlete 1972 Birthday Julie Benz, American Actress 1972 Birthday Jorge Garcia, American Actor 1972 Birthday Jennifer Garner, American Actress 1972 Death Frank H Knight, American Economist 1972 Death C. W. Ceram, Kurt Marek, German/U.S. writer (1st American), dies at 57 1972 Death James F. Byrnes, American Politician 1972 Birthday Mark Hoppus, American Musician 1972 Birthday Rory Cochrane, American Actor 1972 Birthday Bo Bennett, American Businessman 1972 Birthday Ajay Naidu, American Actor 1972 Death Julian H Steward, U.S. anthropologist (South American), dies at 70 1972 Death Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author 1972 Birthday Amanda Peet, American Actress 1972 Birthday Taye Diggs, American Actor 1971 Event Don McLean's 8+ minute version of "American Pie" released 1971 Birthday Harry Knowles, American Critic 1971 Death Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat 1971 Birthday Angelica Bridges, American Actress 1971 Birthday Big Punisher, also known as Big Pun and Christopher Rios, American Musician 1971 Birthday Corin Nemec, American Actor 1971 Death Richard L. Evans, American Clergyman 1971 Birthday Snoop Dogg, American Musician 1971 Birthday Chris Kirkpatrick, American Musician 1971 Birthday Billy Bush, American Entertainer 1971 Death Dean Acheson, American Statesman 1971 Death Norman Cota, American Soldier 1971 Death Hugo Black, American Judge 1971 Birthday Sanaa Lathan, American Actress 1971 Birthday Jada Pinkett Smith, American Actress 1971 Birthday Rick Yune, American Actor 1971 Event 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research 1971 Birthday Allison Krauss, American Musician 1971 Birthday Monica Potter, American Actress 1971 Birthday Mary Lynn Rajskub, American Actress 1971 Birthday Josh Lucas, American Actor 1971 Birthday Bobby Jindal, American Politician 1971 Death Leo Burnett, American Businessman 1971 Death Ben Pollack, American Musician 1971 Birthday Tony Stewart, American Celebrity 1971 Birthday Marc Andreessen, American Businessman 1971 Birthday Selena, born Selena Quintanilla-Perez, born in Lake Jackson, Texas, Mexican American singer, called 'The Queen of Tejano music', released first album at age 12 1971 Birthday Nicholas Brendon, American Actor 1971 Death Joe Valachi, American Celebrity 1971 Birthday Method Man, American Musician 1971 Death Whitney M. Young, American Activist 1971 Birthday Matthew Vaughn, American Producer 1971 Event American Mensa, Ltd incorporates in NY 1971 Birthday Alex Chiu, American Businessman 1971 Death William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity 1971 Birthday John Wozniak, American Musician 1971 Birthday Kid Rock, born in Romeo, Michigan, singer, songwriter, Grammy-Award winner, hits include, 'All Summer Long', 'American Bad Ass', sold over 22 million albums 1971 Birthday Joey Lauren Adams, American Actress 1970 Birthday Will Oldham, American Musician 1970 Birthday Sean Patrick Thomas, American Actor 1970 Event North American Soccer League awards New York and Toronto franchises 1970 Birthday Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, American Politician 1970 Birthday Sarah Silverman, American Comedian 1970 Birthday Mike Epps, American Comedian 1970 Death Napoleon Hill, American Writer 1970 Death Napolean Hill, American Author 1970 Birthday Morgan Spurlock, American Director 1970 Birthday Puff Daddy, American Musician 1970 Death Richard Cardinal Cushing, American Clergyman 1970 Birthday Adam Goldberg, American Actor 1970 Birthday Chely Wright, American Musician 1970 Event American Norman Borlaug awarded the Nobel Peace Prize 1970 Birthday Michelle Malkin, American Writer 1970 Birthday Chris Kattan, American Comedian 1970 Birthday Amy Jo Johnson, American Actress 1970 Event New American Bible published 1970 Birthday Dean Ween, American Musician 1970 Birthday Neko Case, American Musician 1970 Birthday Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete 1970 Birthday Debbie Gibson, American Musician 1970 Birthday Bill Roth, born in Yonkers, New York, gymnast, Gold Medal 1995 Pan American, 1996 Olympics 1970 Birthday Fred Durst, American Musician 1970 Birthday Anthony Anderson, American Actor 1970 Birthday Thomas Lennon, American Actor 1970 Birthday M. Night Shyamalan, American Director 1970 Birthday Charisma Carpenter, American Actress 1970 Event Casey Kasem's "American Top 40" debuts on LA radio 1970 Death Barnett Newman, American Artist 1970 Birthday Amy Weber, American Actress 1970 Birthday Yancy Butler, American Actress 1970 Birthday Steve Burton, American Actor 1970 Birthday Paul Thomas Anderson, American Director 1970 Birthday Sean Hayes, American Actor 1970 Birthday Cobi Jones, American Athlete 1970 Birthday Leah Remini, American Actress 1970 Death Lonnie Johnson, American Musician 1970 Birthday Jamie Kennedy, American Actor 1970 Death Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist 1970 Birthday Jordan Knight, American Musician 1970 Birthday Michael Patrick Jann, American Actor 1970 Birthday Samantha Mathis, American Actress 1970 Birthday Gina Philips, American Actress 1970 Event "Long and Winding Road" becomes Beatles' last American release 1970 Birthday Debra Wilson, American Comedian 1970 Death Richard Neutra, American Architect 1970 Birthday Wesley Barnett, born in St. Joseph, Missouri, Olympic weightlifter, Silver medal 1987 Pan American 1970 Death Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist 1970 Birthday John Frusciante, American Musician 1970 Birthday Julie Bowen, American Actress 1970 Event American Airlines' 1st flight of a Boeing 747 1970 Event Jackson 5 make TV debut on American Bandstand 1970 Birthday Paul Ryan, American Politician 1970 Death George M. Humphrey, American Lawyer 1970 Death George Humphrey, American Lawyer 1970 Death David O. McKay, American Clergyman 1970 Birthday Zack de la Rocha, American Musician 1970 Death Charles Olson, American Poet 1970 Birthday Dave Eggers, American Writer 1970 Birthday Julie Chen, American Journalist 1969 Birthday Sarah Vowell, American Author 1969 Birthday Jakob Dylan, American Musician 1969 Birthday Jay Z, also known as Shawn Corey Carter, American Musician 1969 Birthday Duncan Sheik, American Musician 1969 Birthday Ben Harper, American Musician 1969 Birthday John Edward, American Entertainer 1969 Birthday Paige Davis, American Actress 1969 Birthday Nancy Kerrigan, American Athlete 1969 Event "Love American Style," premieres on ABC-TV 1969 Birthday Marc Anthony, American Musician 1969 Event France's Une De Mai wins International Trot at Roosevelt Raceway Czechoslovakia (1st American to win cycling race title since 1912) 1969 Birthday Donnie Wahlberg, American Actor 1969 Birthday David Wain, American Writer 1969 Death Charles Edison, American Businessman 1969 Birthday Josh Holloway, American Actor 1969 Birthday Lisa Nicole Carson, American Actress 1969 Birthday Gale Harold, American Actor 1969 Birthday Michael Gerber, American Writer 1969 Death John L. Lewis, American Leader 1969 Birthday Brian McKnight, American Musician 1969 Birthday Cathy McMorris, American Politician 1969 Birthday Tucker Carlson, American Journalist 1969 Birthday David Boreanaz, American Actor 1969 Birthday Kim Fields, American Actress 1969 Birthday Wes Anderson, American Writer 1969 Birthday Jack Black, American Actor 1969 Death Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President 1969 Death Max Eastman, American Author 1969 Birthday Jonah Goldberg, American Celebrity 1969 Birthday Terrence Howard, American Actor 1969 Birthday Joshua Micah Marshall, American Politician 1969 Birthday Darren Aronofsky, American Director 1969 Birthday Thomas Jane, American Actor 1969 Death Allen Dulles, American Public Servant 1969 Birthday Mo Rocca, American Writer 1969 Birthday Jason Bateman, American Actor 1968 Death Weegee, also known as Arthur Fellig, American Photographer 1968 Death Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian 1968 Death Bob Bartlett, American Politician 1968 Birthday Kathleen Hanna, American Musician 1968 Death Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist 1968 Birthday Rodney Carrington, American Comedian 1968 Birthday Emily Procter, American Actress 1968 Death Francis Biddle, American Lawyer 1968 Birthday Jim Caviezel, American Celebrity 1968 Birthday James Caviezel, American Actor 1968 Birthday Kristin Chenoweth, American Actress 1968 Birthday Bobby Sheehan, American Musician 1968 Death Robert Kennedy, American Politician 1968 Birthday Ron Livingston, American Actor 1968 Birthday Rachel Griffiths, American Actress 1968 Death Margaret Young, American Musician 1968 Birthday Daisy Berkowitz, American Musician 1968 Birthday Curtis Jones, American Musician 1968 Death Edna Ferber, author (American Beauty), dies at 78 1968 Birthday Orlando Jones, American Comedian 1968 Death Martin Luther King, Jr., American Leader 1968 Birthday Aaron Eckhart, American Actor 1968 Birthday Johnny Kelly, American Musician 1968 Death Neal Cassady, American Writer 1968 Birthday Lisa Marie Presley, American Musician 1968 Birthday Trevor Dunn, American Musician 1968 Birthday Edward Burns, American Actor 1967 Birthday Chris Ware, American Artist 1967 Birthday Gary Allan, American Musician 1967 Death Francis Joseph Spellman, American Clergyman 1967 Birthday Mark Ruffalo, American Actor 1967 Birthday Jimmy Kimmel, American Celebrity 1967 Birthday Courtney Thorne Smith, American Actress 1967 Event Edward Brooke, born in Washington, D.C, Senator-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, first African American to be elected to the Senate 1967 Birthday Keith Urban, American Musician 1967 Birthday Artur Davis, American Politician 1967 Birthday Maria Bartiromo, American Journalist 1967 Death Ad Reinhardt, American Artist 1967 Birthday Jeff Tweedy, American Musician 1967 Death George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated 1967 Death Esther Forbes, American Author 1967 Birthday Philip Seymour Hoffman, American Actor 1967 Death Carl Sandberg, American Poet 1967 Birthday Adam Savage, American Entertainer 1967 Birthday Patrick J. Kennedy, American Politician 1967 Death Ethel Percy Andrus, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons , dies 1967 Death Bruce Barton, American Author 1967 Birthday Mia Sara, American Actress 1967 Birthday John Yoo, American Educator 1967 Birthday Dave Navarro, American Musician 1967 Birthday Paul Giamatti, American Actor 1967 Birthday Anderson Cooper, American Journalist 1967 Death Billy Strayhorn, American Composer 1967 Birthday Poppy Z. Brite, American Author 1967 Birthday Charlie Hunter, American Musician 1967 Death Langston Hughes, American Poet 1967 Birthday Jane Clayson, American Journalist 1967 Birthday Maria Bello, American Actress 1967 Death John Coltrane, American Musician 1967 Birthday Liz Phair, American Musician 1967 Birthday Matthew Barney, American Artist 1967 Birthday Brad Carson, American Lawyer 1967 Birthday George Eads, American Actor 1967 Event Latin American nuclear free zone proposal drawn up 1967 Death A. J. Muste, American Activist 1967 Event Formation of American Basketball Association is announced 1967 Birthday Meg Cabot, American Author 1967 Birthday Zakk Wylde, American Musician 1966 Birthday Bill Goldberg, American Athlete 1966 Birthday Sarah Zettel, American Author 1966 Birthday Rachel True, American Actress 1966 Event Edward Brooke, Representative-R-Massachusetts 1967 - 1979, becomes 1st African American elected to Senate 1966 Birthday Matt Drudge, American Celebrity, author of "The Drudge Report" 1966 Birthday Bai Ling, born in Chengdu, China, American actress, appeared in films, 'The Crow', 'The Beautiful Country', 'Shanghai Baby' 1966 Birthday Sherman Alexie, born in Wellpinit, Washington, writer, filmmaker, Native American, known for book, 'The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven', and 'Smoke Signals' film 1966 Birthday Doug E. Fresh, American Musician 1966 Birthday Ben Folds, American Musician 1966 Birthday Lee Ann Womack, American Musician 1966 Birthday Jimmy Wales, American Businessman 1966 Birthday Kristin Hersh, American Musician 1966 Death Montgomery Clift, American Actor 1966 Birthday Dan Lipinski, American Politician 1966 Birthday Dan Abrams, American Journalist 1966 Birthday Kamal Ahmed, American Comedian 1966 Death Louis A. Johnson, American Public Servant 1966 Birthday Craig Kelly, American Athlete 1966 Birthday Tone Loc, American Musician 1966 Death Chester W. Nimitz, American Soldier 1966 Death Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman 1966 Birthday Antoine Fuqua, American Director 1966 Birthday Rob Zombie, American Musician 1965 Death Branch Rickey, American baseball player, manager, and general manager 1965 Birthday Michael Diamond, also known as Mike D, American Musician 1965 Death Katharine Anthony, American Writer 1965 Death Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President 1965 Death Dawn Powell, American Writer 1965 Death Randall Jarrell, American Poet 1965 Death Dorothea Lange, American Photographer 1965 Birthday Cindy Margolis, American Model 1965 Birthday Kyle Chandler, American Actor 1965 Birthday Claudia Christian, American Actress 1965 Death Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician 1965 Death David O. Selznick, American Producer 1965 Death Joseph Auslander, American Poet 1965 Death Bernard Baruch, American Businessman 1965 Birthday Rick Larsen, American Politician 1965 Event Sonny and Cher make their 1st TV appearance, "American Bandstand" 1965 Birthday Mike Gordon, American Musician 1965 Birthday John C. Reilly, American Actor 1965 Birthday Chris A. Bridges, American Author 1965 Birthday Krist Novoselic, American Musician 1965 Death Edward R. Murrow, American Journalist 1965 Birthday Eric Avery, American Musician 1965 Birthday Suge Knight, American Producer 1965 Birthday Jeff Zucker, American Businessman 1965 Birthday Mike McCready, American Musician 1965 Birthday Jill Goodacre, American Model 1965 Birthday Kiana Tom, American Model 1965 Birthday Billy Sherwood, American Musician 1965 Birthday Kevin Williamson, American Author 1965 Birthday Carrot Top, Florida, comedian, American Comedy Award-1994 1965 Death Felix Frankfurter, American Judge 1965 Death Malcom X, American Clergyman 1965 Birthday Jon Fishman, American Musician 1965 Birthday Michael Bay, American Director 1965 Birthday Jam Master Jay, American Musician 1965 Birthday Adam Jones, American Musician 1965 Birthday Slick Rick, American Musician 1965 Event Star of India returned to American Museum of Natural History 1965 Death Milton Avery, American Artist 1964 Death Carl Van Vechten, American Writer 1964 Death Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist 1964 Event American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded 1964 Birthday Bobby Flay, American Celebrity 1964 Birthday Patrick Warburton, American Actor 1964 Birthday Calista Flockhart, American Actress 1964 Birthday Douglas Wilson, American Entertainer 1964 Birthday Dan Savage, American Writer 1964 Birthday Matthew Sweet, American Musician 1964 Birthday Stephan Jenkins, American Musician 1964 Birthday Molly Shannon, American Actress 1964 Death Alfred Blalock, American Inventor 1964 Birthday Tavis Smiley, American Author 1964 Birthday Anthony Weiner, American Politician 1964 Birthday Anthony D. Weiner, American Politician 1964 Birthday William Eardley, IV, American Public Servant 1964 Birthday Tom Walsh, American Celebrity 1964 Birthday Vivica Fox, American Actress 1964 Death Eric Dolphy, American Musician 1964 Birthday Dan Brown, American Author 1964 Birthday Laura Kightlinger, American Comedian 1964 Birthday Kerry King, American Musician 1964 Birthday Wynonna Judd, Ashland, Kentucky, American Musician, Judds-Why Not Me 1964 Birthday Stephen Colbert, born in Washington D.C., American Comedian 1964 Birthday Melissa Gilbert, American Actress 1964 Birthday Margaret Haddix, American Author 1964 Birthday Raye Hollit, American Gladiator, Zap 1964 Birthday Lisa Guerrero, American Journalist 1964 Birthday David Cross, American Actor 1964 Birthday Todd Barry, American Comedian 1964 Birthday Annabella Sciorra, American Actress 1964 Birthday Cheryl James, American Musician 1964 Birthday Wanda Sykes, American Comedian 1964 Birthday Glenn Beck, American Journalist 1964 Event GI Joe, debuts as a popular American boy's toy 1964 Birthday Fareed Zakaria, American Journalist 1964 Birthday Shepard Smith, American Journalist 1964 Birthday Penelope Ann Miller, American Actress 1963 Death A. J. Liebling, American journalist and writer, dies 1963 Birthday Sam Graves, American Politician 1963 Birthday Philip Greenspun, American Scientist 1963 Birthday Randy Johnson, American Athlete 1963 Event American Bandstand moves to California, and airs once a week on Saturday 1963 Birthday Malcolm Gladwell, American Journalist 1963 Death Eric Johnston, American Businessman 1963 Death Charles Seymour, American Historian 1963 Birthday Andrew Sullivan, American Journalist 1963 Birthday Kevin Mitnick, American Celebrity 1963 Birthday Alexandra Paul, born in New York City, actress, Christine, American Flyers, Dragnet 1963 Birthday Edie Falco, American Actress 1963 Event American Heart Association is 1st agency to campaign against cigarettes 1963 Birthday Wesley Willis, American Musician 1963 Birthday Page McConnell, American Musician 1963 Death Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman 1963 Birthday Alessandra Ferri, British ballerina, American Ballet Theater 1963 Event 1st American, James Whittaker, conquers Mount Everest 1963 Death Alfred Whitney Griswold, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963, dies of colon cancer 1963 Birthday Conan O'Brien, American Entertainer 1963 Birthday Joe Scarborough, American Politician 1963 Birthday Marc Jacobs, American Designer 1963 Birthday Michael Schiavo, American Celebrity 1963 Birthday Michael K. Powell, American Politician 1963 Birthday Neil LaBute, American Director 1963 Birthday Ron Kind, American Politician 1963 Birthday Nancy O'Dell, American Celebrity 1963 Birthday Billy Baldwin, American Designer 1963 Birthday Laurell K. Hamilton, American Writer 1963 Birthday Brian Greene, American Physicist 1963 Death Robert Frost, American Poet 1963 Birthday James Denton, American Actor 1963 Birthday Laura Ingraham, American Celebrity 1962 Event American Basketball League announces suspension of operation 1962 Birthday Jeff Flake, American Politician 1962 Death Warren R. Austin, American Politician 1962 Birthday Richard Jewell, American Celebrity 1962 Birthday Victoria Gotti, American Celebrity 1962 Birthday Steven Curtis Chapman, American Musician 1962 Death Dennis Chavez, American Politician 1962 Birthday Laura San Giacomo, American Actress 1962 Event American author John Steinbeck awarded Nobel Prize in literature 1962 Birthday Mike Judge, American Producer 1962 Birthday Aida Turturro, American Actress 1962 Birthday Rebecca Miller, American Director 1962 Birthday Elizabeth Vargas, American Journalist 1962 Death e. e. cummings, American Poet 1962 Birthday Marie Laurie Mahabir, Guadeloupe, North American Bodybuilding Champ, 1985-87 1962 Birthday James Marsters, American Actor 1962 Birthday Tammy Bruce, American Author 1962 Birthday Kool Moe Dee, American Musician 1962 Birthday Alton Brown, American Entertainer 1962 Birthday Bob Schaffer, American Politician 1962 Birthday Jack Irons, American Musician 1962 Birthday Tom Kenny, American Actor 1962 Death Owen D. Young, American Businessman 1962 Death William Faulkner, American Novelist 1962 Event "All American" closes at Winter Garden Theater New York City after 80 performances 1962 Death E. Franklin Frazier, American Sociologist 1962 Death Franz Kline, American Artist 1962 Birthday David Fincher, American Director 1962 Birthday Kevin J. Anderson, American Writer 1962 Birthday Stephen Sommers, American Director 1962 Event "All American" opens at Winter Garden Theater New York City for 80 performances 1962 Death Arthur H. Compton, American Scientist 1962 Death Arthur Holly Compton, American Scientist 1962 Event American Airlines 707 plunges nose 1st into Jamaica Bay New York killing 95 1962 Birthday Chris Chocola, American Politician 1962 Event John Glenn is 1st American to orbit Earth in Friendship 7 1962 Birthday Jackie Silva, Rio de Janeiro Brazil, volleyballer, Bronze Pan American 1962 Birthday Tammy Baldwin, American Politician 1962 Event Jim Beatty sets American indoor mile record (3:58.9) in LA 1962 Birthday Lee Terry, American Politician 1962 Birthday Melissa Bean, American Politician 1962 Birthday Rob Glaser, American Businessman 1962 Birthday Peter Steele, American Musician 1962 Birthday April Winchell, American Actress 1961 Birthday Sean Hannity, American Writer 1961 Birthday Eric Allin Cornell, American Physicist 1961 Event American Basketball League starts play 1961 Birthday Mary Bono, American Politician 1961 Birthday Rick Moody, American Novelist 1961 Birthday Isaac Mizrahi, American Designer 1961 Birthday Tom Sizemore, American Actor 1961 Death Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman 1961 Birthday Eric Stoltz, American Samoa, actor, Mask 1961 Birthday Dee Dee Myers, American Public Servant 1961 Birthday Mike Ross, American Politician 1961 Event J B Parsons is 1st African American judge of a U.S. District Court 1961 Birthday Tom Ford, American Designer 1961 Death Learned Hand, American Judge 1961 Birthday Susan Olsen, American Actress 1961 Event Judy Kimball wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1961 Birthday Keith Sweat, American Musician 1961 Birthday Carl Lewis, born in Birmingham, Alabama, American Athlete 1961 Death Ma Ferguson, American Politician 1961 Birthday Kim Deal, American Musician 1961 Birthday Aaron Sorkin, American Producer 1961 Birthday Tom Araya, American Musician 1961 Birthday Lawrence Lessig, American Educator 1961 Event Alan Shepard becomes 1st American in space (aboard Freedom 7) 1961 Birthday George Lopez, American Comedian 1961 Event American Harold Graham makes 1st rocket belt flight 1961 Birthday John Podhoretz, American Writer 1961 Birthday Vincent Gallo, American Actor 1961 Birthday Amy Sedaris, American Actress 1961 Death B. Carroll Reece, American Politician 1961 Birthday Mitch Gaylord, born in California, gymnast, Olympics 1984, actor, American Anthem 1961 Birthday Camryn Manheim, American Actress 1961 Birthday Chuck Palahniuk, American Novelist 1961 Birthday Wendy Liebman, born in Manhasset, New York, comedian, performs stand up comedy, American Comedy Award for Female Stand-up Comedian of the Year, 1997, appeared on HBO, The Late Show with David Letterman, Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Tonight Show 1961 Birthday Gresham Barrett, American Politician 1961 Birthday Vince Neil, American Musician 1961 Birthday Dexter Scott King, American Actor 1961 Event Edward Albee's "American Dream," premieres in New York City 1961 Birthday Wayne Coyne, American Musician 1961 Birthday Janet Jones, Bridgeton, Missouri, actress, American Anthem, Flamingo Kid 1961 Birthday Bill Shuster, American Politician 1961 Death Clarice Baright, 1st woman admitted to American Bar Association, dies at 74 1960 Birthday Heather Wilson, American Politician 1960 Birthday Dave Pelzer, American Writer 1960 Event Washington Senators joins American League 1960 Birthday Matthew Shipp, American Musician 1960 Birthday Timothy Pawlenty, American Politician 1960 Birthday Peter G. Fitzgerald, American Politician 1960 Birthday Ari Fleischer, American Public Servant 1960 Birthday Blanche Lincoln, American Politician 1960 Birthday Melissa Leo, American Actress 1960 Birthday Alison Bechdel, American Cartoonist 1960 Event 4th American Football League plays 1st game (Denver 13, Boston 10) 1960 Birthday Aimee Mann, American Musician 1960 Death Edith Rogers, American Politician 1960 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1960 Birthday Richard Linklater, American Director 1960 Birthday Adam Schiff, American Politician 1960 Birthday Charlie Dent, American Politician 1960 Death John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman 1960 Birthday Steve Cauthen, American Athlete 1960 Event American Samoa sets up a constitutional government 1960 Birthday Brad Garrett, American Actor 1960 Birthday Afrika Bambaataa, American Musician 1960 Birthday Jon Huntsman, Jr., American Politician 1960 Birthday Catherine Keener, American Actress 1960 Birthday Jim Matheson, American Politician 1960 Birthday Lance Burton, American Entertainer 1960 Birthday Joel Hodgson, American Entertainer 1960 Death Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist 1960 Birthday Eric Alterman, American Writer 1960 Birthday Stanley Tucci, American Actor 1960 Birthday Michael R. Turner, American Politician 1960 Birthday Loretta Sanchez, American Politician 1960 Birthday Andrea Thompson, American Actress 1960 Death Dudley Nichols, American Screenwriter 1959 Birthday Patricia Clarkson, American Actress 1959 Birthday Michael P. Anderson, American Astronaut 1959 Death William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat 1959 Birthday Donna Brazile, American Politician 1959 Birthday Rahm Emanuel, American Politician 1959 Birthday Allison Janney, born in Dayton, Ohio, actress, films include, 'American Beauty', 'Nurse Betty', known for television show 'The West Wing' 1959 Birthday Jo Bonner, American Politician 1959 Birthday Lee Haney, American Athlete 1959 Death George Marshall, American Statesman 1959 Death George C. Marshall, American Soldier 1959 Birthday Emeril Lagasse, American Celebrity 1959 Birthday Julia Sweeney, American Comedian 1959 Birthday Michael Pare, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Greatest American Hero, Houston Knights 1959 Birthday Simon Cowell, born in Brighton, England, entrepreneur, producer of television shows, 'Britain's Got Talent', 'American Idol', owner of publishing house, Syco 1959 Birthday Brian Higgins, American Politician 1959 Death Abraham Flexner, American Educator 1959 Birthday Mark Kirk, American Politician 1959 Birthday Ben Chandler, American Politician 1959 Death Jack Norworth, American Musician 1959 Death William Halsey, American Soldier 1959 Birthday Jonathan Franzen, American Novelist 1959 Birthday Marcia Gay Harden, American Actress 1959 Birthday Stanley Jordan, American Musician 1959 Death William D. Leahy, American Soldier 1959 Birthday Scott Garrett, American Politician 1959 Birthday Jessica Hahn, American Celebrity 1959 Birthday Vincent D'Onofrio, American Actor 1959 Birthday Brian Roberts, American Businessman 1959 Event Beverly Hanson wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1959 Birthday Eliot Spitzer, American Lawyer 1959 Birthday Mike Pence, American Politician 1959 Birthday Ving Rhames, American Actor 1959 Birthday Brian Williams, American Journalist 1959 Death Raymond Chandler, American Writer 1959 Birthday Flavor Flav, American Musician 1959 Death Lester Young, American Musician 1959 Death Lester Dent, American Writer 1959 Birthday Ira Glass, American Journalist 1959 Birthday Jennifer M. Granholm, American Politician 1959 Birthday Jennifer Granholm, American Politician 1959 Birthday Armstrong Williams, American Journalist 1959 Event American Airlines Electra crashes in New York's East River, killing 65 1959 Birthday Mike Tice, American Coach 1959 Birthday Frank Darabont, American Director 1959 Birthday Keith Olbermann, American Journalist 1959 Event 1st transcontinental coml jet flight (American) (LA to New York for $301) 1959 Death Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer 1959 Birthday Clancy Brown, American Actor 1958 Birthday George Saunders, American Writer 1958 Birthday Candace Bushnell, American Writer 1958 Death Charles Kettering, American Inventor 1958 Death Warner Fabian, S Adams, U.S. author (Great American Fraud), dies at 87 1958 Birthday Megan Mullally, American Actress 1958 Birthday Robert Patrick, American Actor 1958 Birthday Charlie Kaufman, American Screenwriter 1958 Birthday Geoff Davis, American Politician 1958 Birthday Hilary Rosen, American Businessman 1958 Birthday Neil Cavuto, American Journalist 1958 Birthday Dan Castellaneta, American Actor 1958 Death Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist 1958 Death Mary Ritter Beard, American historian, dies at 82 1958 Birthday Mark Cuban, American Businessman 1958 Event Patty Berg wins LPGA American Women's Golf Open 1958 Birthday Bela Fleck, American Musician 1958 Birthday Bill Watterson, American Cartoonist 1958 Birthday Bruce Campbell, American Actor 1958 Death Herbert Bayard Swope, American Editor 1958 Birthday Bobby Farrelly, American Director 1958 Birthday Mac Thornberry, American Politician 1958 Birthday Meredith Brooks, American Musician 1958 Birthday Keenen Ivory Wayans, American Comedian 1958 Birthday Prince, American Musician 1958 Birthday Annette Bening, born in Topeka, Kansas, actress, films include, 'American Beauty', 'Bugsy', 'The Grifters', married to actor, Warren Beatty 1958 Birthday Ted Levine, American Actor 1958 Birthday Tom Feeney, American Athlete 1958 Birthday Ron Reagan, American Journalist 1958 Event U.S. and Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) 1958 Birthday Bill Sienkiewicz, American Artist 1958 Death Elliot Paul, American Journalist 1958 Death William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1958 Birthday Susie Bright, American Writer 1958 Event Recording Industry Association of American created 1958 Birthday Jack Abramoff, American Criminal 1958 Birthday Cecily Adams, Queens, New York, entertainment caster, American Heart 1958 Birthday Rick Reilly, American Writer 1958 Birthday Thomas Kinkade, American Artist 1958 Death Edward Weston, American Photographer 1957 Birthday Margaret Spellings, American Public Servant 1957 Birthday Michael Clarke Duncan, American Actor 1957 Birthday Andrew Cuomo, American Politician 1957 Birthday Eric S. Raymond, American Author 1957 Birthday Janet Napolitano, American Politician 1957 Birthday Caroline Kennedy Schlossberg, American Celebrity 1957 Birthday Robert. L. Ehrlich, American Politician 1957 Birthday Bob Ehrlich, American Politician 1957 Event Simon and Garfunkel appear on "American Bandstand" as "Tom and Jerry" 1957 Death Louis B. Mayer, American Director 1957 Birthday Jeff East, born in Kansas, Missouri, American actor, best-known for role of Clark Kent in 1978 film "Superman" 1957 Birthday Nancy Cartwright, American Actress 1957 Event "American Bandstand" premieres 1957 Birthday Michael W. Smith, American Musician 1957 Birthday Bernie Mac, born in Chicago, American actor, comedian, sketch writer 1957 Birthday Russell Simmons, American Businessman 1957 Birthday Khandi Alexander, American Dancer 1957 Birthday Laura Innes, American Actress 1957 Birthday Nancy Glass, TV broadcaster, American Journal 1957 Birthday James McGreevey, American Politician 1957 Event "American Bandstand," begins network TV (ABC) 1957 Birthday Mojo Nixon, American Musician 1957 Event Don Bowden becomes 1st American to break 4 minute mile (3m58s7) 1957 Birthday Cindy Sheehan, American Activist 1957 Birthday Jerry Weller, American Politician 1957 Birthday Berkeley Breathed, American Cartoonist 1957 Event Anti American riots breakout in Taipei, Taiwan 1957 Birthday John Rowland, American Politician 1957 Birthday Lisa Murkowski, American Politician 1957 Death Eliot Ness, American Public Servant 1957 Birthday Katherine Harris, American Politician 1957 Death Christopher Morley, American Author 1957 Birthday Tad Williams, American Writer 1957 Birthday Cheryl Lynn, American Musician 1957 Birthday Renee Fleming, American Musician 1957 Death Julia Morgan, American Architect 1957 Birthday Gilbert Hernandez, American Artist 1957 Birthday Steve Harvey, American Actor 1957 Birthday Greg Walden, American Politician 1957 Birthday Nicholson Baker, American Novelist 1956 Birthday Karen Hughes, American Politician 1956 Birthday Peter Farrelly, American Director 1956 Birthday Rod Blagojevich, American Politician 1956 Birthday Chaka Fattah, American Politician 1956 Birthday Jim Hodges, American Politician 1956 Event 1st American to land an airplane at South Pole - Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek 1956 Birthday Rita Wilson, American Actress 1956 Birthday Marvin Bush, American Celebrity 1956 Birthday Grover Norquist, American Politician 1956 Birthday James Newman, American Astronaut 1956 Death Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman 1956 Birthday Mark Morris, American Dancer 1956 Birthday GG Allin, American Musician 1956 Death Alfred Kinsey, American Scientist 1956 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Golf Open 1956 Birthday Carol Leifer, American Comedian 1956 Birthday Michael Connelly, American Author 1956 Birthday Jerry Doyle, American Actor 1956 Birthday Tom McClintock, American Politician 1956 Event Dick Clark's 1st appearance as host of American Bandstand 1956 Birthday Bill Caudill, born in Santa Monica, California, nickname 'Cuffs', baseball player, pitcher, played for American and National League teams, including, Chicago Cubs, Toronto Blue Jays, Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners 1956 Death Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist 1956 Birthday Patricia Cornwell, American Writer 1956 Birthday Keith David, American Actor 1956 Birthday Sugar Ray Leonard, American Athlete 1956 Birthday David Guterson, American Author 1956 Birthday Phil Foglio, American Cartoonist 1956 Death Alben W. Barkley, American Vice President 1956 Death Charles MacArthur, American Playwright 1956 Birthday Christopher Darden, American Lawyer 1956 Birthday David E. Kelley, American Producer 1956 Birthday Steve Ballmer, American Businessman 1956 Birthday Laura Thorne, chef, named one of 10 best American chefs 1956 Birthday Teena Marie, American Musician 1956 Death Elsie Janis, American Musician 1956 Birthday Emo Philips, American Comedian 1956 Death H. L. Mencken, American Writer 1956 Death Jim Elliot, American Clergyman 1955 Birthday Jane Kaczmarek, American Actress 1955 Birthday Rob Portman, American Politician 1955 Birthday Xander Berkeley, American Actor 1955 Birthday Carter Burwell, American Composer 1955 Birthday Kevin Shelley, American Politician 1955 Death Robert E. Sherwood, American Playwright 1955 Birthday Bill Condon, American Director 1955 Birthday Thomas Keller, American Celebrity 1955 Birthday Darrell Hammond, American Comedian 1955 Birthday Yo-Yo Ma, American Musician 1955 Birthday Gwen Ifill, American Journalist 1955 Birthday Brian Schweitzer, American Politician 1955 Birthday Bernard Kerik, American Public Servant 1955 Birthday John Sweeney, American Politician 1955 Birthday Wayne Knight, American Actor 1955 Birthday Alberto Gonzales, American Public Servant 1955 Birthday Thomas Leonard, American Businessman 1955 Birthday Brent Bozell, American Journalist 1955 Birthday Lindsey Graham, American Politician 1955 Birthday Glenn Danzig, American Musician 1955 Birthday George Radanovich, American Politician 1955 Birthday Griffin Dunne, actor, American Werewolf in London, Who's That Girl 1955 Birthday Joey Scarbury, born in Ontario, California, singer, Greatest American Hero 1955 Birthday Jake Roberts, American Celebrity 1955 Birthday Jon Porter, American Politician 1955 Birthday Tom Bergeron, American Celebrity 1955 Birthday Dave Winer, American Scientist 1955 Birthday Barbara Kingsolver, American Novelist 1955 Birthday David Wu, American Politician 1955 Birthday Stephen F. Lynch, American Politician 1955 Death Matthew Henson, American Explorer 1955 Birthday Jim Gerlach, American Politician 1955 Birthday Jim Cramer, American Businessman 1955 Death Ira Hayes, American Soldier 1955 Birthday Neil Bush, American Businessman 1955 Death Yves Tanguy, French/American sailor/surrealistic painter, dies 1954 Birthday Lawrence Summers, American Economist 1954 Birthday Condoleezza Rice, American Statesman 1954 Birthday Scott McNealy, American Businessman 1954 Birthday Chris Noth, American Actor 1954 Birthday Jeff Sachs, American Economist 1954 Birthday Mike McCurry, American Public Servant 1954 Birthday Stephen Carter, American Lawyer 1954 Death Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman 1954 Birthday Al Sharpton, born in Brooklyn, New York, African American Baptist minister, civil rights activist, 2004 candidate for President, host of 'Keepin' It Real' radio show 1954 Birthday Jeffrey Combs, American Actor 1954 Birthday Mark Foley, American Politician 1954 Birthday Carly Fiorina, American Businessman 1954 Birthday Pat Metheny, American Musician 1954 Birthday Sam J. Jones, American Actor 1954 Birthday Michael Badnarik, American Politician 1954 Birthday Al Dimeola, born in Jersey City, New Jersey, rocker, guitarist, Latin jazz and Italian American jazz fusion 1954 Birthday Tobias Picker, born in New York City, New York, composer, awarded Joseph H. Bearns Prize, Guggenheim Fellowship, Award in Music from American Academy of Arts and Letters, composer-in-residence for Houston Symphony, 1985 - 1990, music publisher, Schott Music Corporation 1954 Birthday J. Michael Straczynski, American Producer 1954 Death Grantland Rice, American Journalist 1954 Birthday Betty McCollum, American Politician 1954 Birthday Neil Tennant, American Musician 1954 Birthday Bob Ney, American Politician 1954 Birthday Jerry Moran, American Politician 1954 Death Robert Capa, American Photographer 1954 Birthday Marvin Hagler, American Athlete 1954 Birthday Candice S. Miller, American Politician 1954 Birthday Randy Cross, American Athlete 1954 Event 1st American, civilian pilot, P.R. Holden, wounded in Indochina 1954 Birthday Michael Moore, American Activist 1954 Birthday Gale Norton, American Public Servant 1954 Birthday Ron Howard, Oklahoma, actor and director, American Graffiti, Happy Days 1954 Birthday Neil Schon, American Musician 1954 Death Frederick Lewis Allen, American Editor 1954 Birthday Michael Bergdahl, American Author 1954 Death Maxwell Bodenheim, American Poet 1954 Birthday Cliff Martinez, American Musician 1954 Birthday Bill Mumy, American Actor 1954 Birthday Cindy Sherman, American Photographer 1954 Birthday Robert Menendez, American Politician 1953 Event American Airlines begins 1st regular coml NY-LA air service 1953 Birthday Frances Conroy, American Actress 1953 Birthday Joyce Maynard, American Writer 1953 Birthday Charles Martin Smith, Van Nuys California, actor, American Graffiti 1953 Birthday Steven Hatfill, American Scientist 1953 Birthday Tito Jackson, American Musician 1953 Death Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist 1953 Birthday Tommy Shaw, American Musician 1953 Death Frederick M. Vinson, American Judge 1953 Birthday John Zorn, American Composer 1953 Birthday Mary Matalin, American Celebrity 1953 Birthday John Salazar, American Politician 1953 Birthday Thomas Friedman, American Journalist 1953 Birthday Douglas Feith, American Public Servant 1953 Birthday Anna Quindlen, American author, journalist, and New York Times columnist 1953 Birthday Billy Hinsche, born in Manila, Philippines, William 'Billy' Hinsche, American musician, rocker, member of Dino, Desi, and Billy singing group, toured with The Beach Boys 1953 Death George Herbert Walker, American Businessman 1953 Birthday Baron Hill, American Politician 1953 Birthday Cornel West, American Educator 1953 Birthday Janis Karpinski, American Soldier 1953 Birthday Kim Gordon, American Musician 1953 Birthday Andy Hertzfeld, American Inventor 1953 Birthday Frank Gaffney, American Writer 1953 Birthday Lincoln Chafee, American Politician 1953 Birthday Carl Hiaasen, American Writer 1953 Event American B-47 accidentally drops a nuclear bomb on South Carolina, the bomb doesn't go off due to 6 safety catches 1953 Death Robert M. La Follette, American Politician 1953 Birthday William Petersen, American Actor 1953 Birthday Roberta Williams, American Designer 1953 Birthday Carl Joseph Stone, born in America, composer, electronic music genre, minimalist, studied composition at California Institute of the Arts, served as President of the American Music Center 1953 Birthday Rick Wagoner, American Businessman 1953 Event NFL's National and American conference become Eastern and Western conf 1953 Birthday Antonio Villaraigosa, American Politician 1953 Birthday Jim Jarmusch, American Director 1953 Birthday Steve Chabot, American Politician 1953 Event NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 27-7 1952 Birthday Bill Kristol, American Politician 1952 Birthday Susan Estrich, American Journalist 1952 Birthday John Lurie, American Actor 1952 Birthday Cathy Rigby, American Athlete 1952 Birthday Susan Dey, American Actress 1952 Birthday Rick Ross, American Celebrity 1952 Event North American F-86 Sabre sets world aircraft speed record, 1124 KPH 1952 Birthday Robin McKinley, American Writer 1952 Birthday Ernie Fletcher, American Politician 1952 Birthday Michael Cunningham, American Writer 1952 Birthday Chris Cox, American Politician 1952 Birthday John Lone, American Actor 1952 Birthday Jim Woodring, American Artist 1952 Event "I am an American Day" and "Constitution Day" renamed "Citizenship Day" 1952 Birthday Don Was, American Musician 1952 Event Louise Suggs wins LPGA All American Women Golf Tournament 1952 Birthday Philip E. Berger, American Politician 1952 Birthday Johnny Thunders, American Musician 1952 Birthday A. Whitney Brown, American Comedian 1952 Birthday Robert D. Kaplan, American Journalist 1952 Birthday James H. Douglas, American Politician 1952 Birthday Spencer Abraham, American Politician 1952 Birthday Matthew Bright, American Director 1952 Birthday Diane Duane, American Writer 1952 Event American Bowling Congress approves use of an automatic pinsetter 1952 Birthday Larry Elder, American Journalist 1952 Birthday Jim Costa, American Politician 1952 Birthday Clayton Christensen, American Businessman 1952 Birthday Kim Stanley Robinson, American Writer 1952 Event 24th Academy Awards - "American in Paris," H Bogart and Vivian Leigh win 1952 Birthday Harvey Weinstein, American Producer 1952 Death Howard Chandler Christy, American Artist 1952 Birthday Randy Forbes, American Politician 1952 Birthday Mike Varty, born in Detroit, Michigan, athlete, American football linebacker for the National Football League 1952 Birthday John Hickenlooper, American Politician 1952 Birthday Timothy White, American Critic 1952 Death Curly Howard, American Actor 1952 Birthday Sydney Biddle Barrows, American Celebrity 1952 Event NFL Pro Bowl: National Conference beats American Conference 30-13 1952 Birthday Walter Mosley, American Novelist 1952 Birthday Ben Crenshaw, American Athlete 1952 Birthday Charles F. Bass, American Politician 1952 Birthday Charles Foster Bass, American Politician 1951 Death Harold Ross, American Editor 1951 Death Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete 1951 Birthday Kathryn Bigelow, American Director 1951 Birthday Terry McMillan, American Author 1951 Event Organization of Central American States forms 1951 Birthday John Tierney, American Politician 1951 Death Bill Klem, American Athlete 1951 Birthday Albert Wynn, American Politician 1951 Death John French Sloan, American Artist 1951 Birthday Edward Witten, American Mathematician 1951 Birthday Greg Bear, American Writer 1951 Death Emmet Fox, American Author 1951 Birthday Anthony A. Williams, American Politician 1951 Birthday Rob Bishop, American Politician 1951 Death James Norman Hall, American Author 1951 Birthday John Doerr, American Businessman 1951 Birthday John Salthouse, British actor, American Werewolf in London 1951 Birthday Todd Tiahrt, American Politician 1951 Birthday Liz Phillips, born in New Jersey, composer, sound artist, interactive artist, creates sound installations relating to live forms, has held exhibitions at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, collaborated with Merce Cunningham Dance Company 1951 Birthday Bun E. Carlos, born in Rockford, Illinois, born Brad Carlson, rocker, drummer, played with American rock band Cheap Trick 1951 Birthday Sally Ride, born in Encino, California, physicist, astronaut, first American woman crewmember in space on the Challenger, founded NASA's Office of Exploration 1951 Death Charles G. Dawes, American Vice President 1951 Birthday Gwen Moore, American Politician 1951 Event American Bowling Congress begins 1st masters tournament 1951 Birthday John Hannah, American Athlete 1951 Birthday John Abizaid, American Soldier 1951 Birthday Michael Kinsley, American Journalist 1951 Event 1st Pan American Games opens (Buenos Aires Argentina) 1951 Death Lloyd C. Douglas, American Clergyman 1951 Birthday Charles S. Dutton, American Actor 1951 Birthday Shelley Berkley, American Politician 1951 Birthday Eugene Chadbourne, American Composer 1950 Birthday Jeffrey Katzenberg, American Producer 1950 Birthday Randy Castillo, American Musician 1950 Birthday Thomas Vilsack, American Politician 1950 Event Ralph J Bunche (1st black American) presented Nobel Peace Prize 1950 Birthday Steven Jesse Bernstein, American Writer 1950 Birthday Asa Hutchinson, American Lawyer 1950 Birthday Charles Schumer, American Politician 1950 Birthday Tina Weymouth, American Musician 1950 Birthday Harvey Martin, American Athlete 1950 Death Agnes Repplier, American essayist and writer, 'Books and Men' and 'In Pursuit of Laughter', dies 1950 Birthday Augusto Gen'un Alcalde, Buenos Aires, 1st South American Zen teacher 1950 Birthday Robert B. Laughlin, American Physicist 1950 Birthday John Doolittle, American Politician 1950 Death Henry L. Stimson, American Statesman 1950 Death Edna St. Vincent Millay, American Author 1950 Birthday Wendy Wasserstein, American Playwright 1950 Birthday Dave Freudenthal, American Politician 1950 Birthday Jo Ann Emerson, American Politician 1950 Birthday Henry Louis Gates, American Critic 1950 Birthday Mike Simpson, American Politician 1950 Birthday Michael K. Simpson, American Politician 1950 Event 1st helicopter rescue of American pilot behind enemy lines 1950 Birthday John Landis, born in Chicago, Illinois, actor, American Werewolf in London 1950 Birthday Dave Reichert, American Politician 1950 Birthday Andres Serrano, American Photographer 1950 Event American Bowling Congress ends all-white-males rule 1950 Birthday Mark Udall, American Politician 1950 Birthday Arianna Huffington, American Journalist 1950 Birthday Jo Ann Davis, American Politician 1950 Birthday Mercedes Lackey, American Author 1950 Birthday Mike Johanns, American Politician 1950 Birthday Marvin Olasky, American Educator 1950 Birthday George Noory, American Journalist 1950 Birthday Tim Bishop, American Politician 1950 Birthday Tim Russert, born in New York, American television journalist, author, lawyer, 'Meet the Press' moderator 1950 Birthday Scott McCallum, American Politician 1950 Birthday Debbie Stabenow, American Politician 1950 Death Bainbridge Colby, American Public Servant 1950 Death Carter G Woodson, American historian (black studies), dies at 74 1950 Death Carter G. Woodson, American Historian 1950 Birthday Michael F. Easley, American Politician 1950 Birthday Charles Krauthammer, American Journalist 1950 Death Edgar Lee Masters, American Poet 1950 Death George Richards Minot, American Scientist 1950 Birthday George Thorogood, American Musician 1950 Birthday Julius Irving, born in Roosevelt, New York, basketball, helped legitimize the now-defunct American Basketball Association (ABA), inducted in the Basketball Hall of Fame 1950 Birthday William Katt, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, Greatest American Hero, 1st Love 1950 Birthday Rich Glover, born in Bayonne, New Jersey, athlete, American football player, played in the NFL's New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles 1950 Birthday Barry Pearson, born in Geneseo, Illinois, born Barry Lynn Pearson, American professional football player, attended Northwestern University, played position of wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Kansas City Chiefs 1950 Birthday Tom Brown, Jr., American Celebrity 1950 Birthday Gennifer Flowers, American Celebrity 1950 Birthday Gary Locke, American Politician 1950 Birthday Sheila Jackson Lee, American Politician 1950 Birthday Roy Blunt, American Politician 1950 Birthday Louis Freeh, American Lawyer 1949 Death Hervey Allen, American Author 1949 Birthday Tom Kite, American Athlete 1949 Birthday Robert Sternberg, American Educator 1949 Birthday Jerry Lawler, American Entertainer 1949 Birthday Linda Tripp, American Celebrity 1949 Birthday Jeff Dowd, American Actor 1949 Birthday Joseph C. Wilson, American Public Servant 1949 Birthday Lois McMaster Bujold, American Writer 1949 Birthday Sigourney Weaver, American Actress 1949 Event American Contract Bridge League votes 58 % to keep blacks out 1949 Birthday Burton Richardson, American Entertainer 1949 Birthday Jerry Costello, American Politician 1949 Birthday Jerry B. Jenkins, American Novelist 1949 Death Will Cuppy, American Writer 1949 Birthday Joe Barton, American Politician 1949 Birthday Leon Redbone, American Musician 1949 Birthday Bob Holden, American Politician 1949 Birthday Norm Coleman, American Politician 1949 Birthday Jonathan Kellerman, American Psychologist 1949 Death Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist 1949 Birthday James Fallows, American Journalist 1949 Death Frank Murphy, American Politician 1949 Birthday Richard Russo, American Novelist 1949 Birthday Ann Veneman, American Public Servant 1949 Birthday Vera Wang, American Designer 1949 Birthday Chris Van Allsburg, American Author 1949 Birthday Bill Keller, American Editor 1949 Birthday Holly Near, American Musician 1949 Birthday Steve King, American Politician 1949 Birthday Jim Broadbent, American Actor 1949 Birthday Tom Cole, American Politician 1949 Birthday Christopher Hitchens, American Author 1949 Birthday Scott Turow, American Novelist 1949 Birthday Dorothy Allison, American Writer 1949 Birthday Mitch Daniels, American Politician 1949 Birthday Leigh Steinberg, American Businessman 1949 Birthday Elizabeth George, American Author 1949 Birthday Danielle Berry, American Celebrity 1949 Birthday Richard Neal, American Politician 1949 Birthday Ken Wilber, American Philosopher 1949 Birthday Peter Agre, American Scientist 1949 Birthday Jonathan Carroll, American Author 1949 Birthday Anita Borg, American Scientist 1949 Birthday Franklin Raines, American Businessman 1949 Death Harry Stack Sullivan, American Psychologist 1948 Birthday Les Moonves, American Businessman 1948 Birthday Lester Bangs, American Critic 1948 Death Robert Quillen, American Journalist 1948 Birthday Dick Morris, American Author 1948 Birthday John Bolton, American Statesman 1948 Birthday Howard Dean, American Politician 1948 Birthday Aaron Brown, American Journalist 1948 Birthday Max Burns, American Politician 1948 Birthday Jim Steinman, American Musician 1948 Birthday John Engler, American Politician 1948 Birthday Diane Ackerman, born in Waukegan, Illinois, American poet, author and naturalist, wrote 'Wife of Light' and 'A Natural History of Love' 1948 Birthday Allyson Schwartz, American Politician 1948 Birthday John M. McHugh, American Politician 1948 Birthday Bob Beauprez, American Politician 1948 Birthday Ted Poe, American Politician 1948 Birthday Christa McAuliffe, American Astronaut 1948 Death Charles A. Beard, American Historian 1948 Birthday Lewis Black, American Comedian 1948 Death Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge 1948 Birthday Dennis Prager, American Journalist 1948 Birthday Sally Struthers, American Actress 1948 Birthday Peggy Fleming, American Athlete 1948 Death D. W. Griffith, American Director 1948 Birthday John B. Larson, American Politician 1948 Birthday S. E. Hinton, American Writer 1948 Birthday John Larson, American Politician 1948 Death John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier 1948 Birthday Tom Latham, American Politician 1948 Birthday Phylicia Rashad, American Actress 1948 Event American Library Association adopts Library Bill of Rights 1948 Death Rufus Jones, American Writer 1948 Birthday Joe Roth, American Director 1948 Birthday Jim Wallis, American Writer 1948 Birthday Duncan Hunter, American Politician 1948 Birthday Gary McCord, American Athlete 1948 Birthday Richard H. Baker, American Politician 1948 Birthday Tom Udall, American Politician 1948 Birthday Kathleen Sebelius, American Politician 1948 Birthday Dave Heineman, American Politician 1948 Event Org of American States charter signed at Bogota, Colombia 1948 Birthday Paul Cellucci, American Politician 1948 Birthday Dan Simmons, American Author 1948 Birthday Steve Tyler, American Musician 1948 Birthday Wolf Blitzer, American Journalist 1948 Birthday Margaret Weis, American Writer 1948 Birthday Michael Owen Bruce, American Musician 1948 Birthday Tom Coburn, American Politician 1948 Birthday Roy Barnes, American Politician 1948 Birthday James Ellroy, American Writer 1948 Birthday Jean O'Leary, American Activist 1948 Birthday Steven Chu, American Scientist 1948 Birthday Kenneth Blackwell, American Politician 1948 Birthday Art Spiegelman, American Artist 1948 Death Mordecai Brown, American Athlete 1948 Birthday Ray Kurzweil, American Inventor 1948 Birthday Errol Morris, American Director 1948 Birthday Rick James, American Musician 1948 Death Josephus Daniels, American Politician 1948 Birthday Lynn Abbey, American Author 1947 Birthday Zoe Lofgren, American Politician 1947 Birthday Tom Daschle, American Politician 1947 Birthday Thomas R. Cech, American Scientist 1947 Birthday Lamar S. Smith, American Politician 1947 Birthday Jameson Parker, born in Baltimore, Maryland, actor, American Justice, Simon and Simon 1947 Birthday Bill Richardson, American Politician 1947 Birthday P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian 1947 Birthday Haley Barbour, American Politician 1947 Birthday John Perry Barlow, American Writer 1947 Birthday Ward Churchill, American Educator 1947 Birthday Vic Snyder, American Politician 1947 Death Fiorello LaGuardia, American Politician 1947 Birthday John Kline, American Politician 1947 Birthday Temple Grandin, American Educator 1947 Birthday Joe Manchin, American Politician 1947 Birthday Ben Shneiderman, American Scientist 1947 Birthday Carol Moseley Braun, American Politician 1947 Birthday Danielle Steel, American Novelist 1947 Birthday Rick Derringer, rocker, I am the Real American, Hulk Hogan's theme 1947 Birthday Robert M. Parker, Jr., American Critic 1947 Birthday Steve Forbes, American Businessman 1947 Birthday Alexis Herman, American Public Servant 1947 Birthday O. J. Simpson, American Athlete 1947 Birthday Todd Akin, American Politician 1947 Birthday Octavia Butler, American Writer 1947 Birthday Meredith Baxter, American Actress 1947 Birthday Candy Clark, born in Oklahoma, actress, Man Who Fell to Earth, Q, American Graffiti 1947 Birthday Linda Chavez, American Author 1947 Event Babe Didrikson is 1st American to win British Women's Amateur Golf Champ 1947 Birthday Sara Paretsky, American Author 1947 Birthday John Dykstra, American Scientist 1947 Birthday Gene Robinson, American Clergyman 1947 Birthday Karen Valentine, Santa Rosa California, actress, Love American Style, Room 222 1947 Birthday Bob Edwards, American Journalist 1947 Birthday Al Ciner, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock guitarist, American Breed 1947 Birthday Andrew Card, American Politician 1947 Birthday Caroline B. Cooney, American Writer 1947 Death William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist 1947 Death Willa Cather, American Author 1947 Birthday Andrew Tobias, American Journalist 1947 Birthday John Thorn, American Historian 1947 Birthday Tom Clancy, American Novelist 1947 Birthday Tom DeLay, American Politician 1947 Birthday Robert Kiyosaki, American Author 1947 Birthday Christine Gregoire, American Politician 1947 Birthday James Patterson, American Author 1947 Birthday Karen McCarthy, American Politician 1947 Birthday Mitt Romney, American Politician 1947 Birthday Bob Greene, American Journalist 1947 Birthday John Stossel, American Journalist 1947 Birthday Olympia Snowe, American Politician 1947 Birthday Eliot Engel, American Politician 1947 Birthday Stephen Hadley, American Politician 1947 Birthday Roy Moore, American Judge 1947 Event -81 degrees F (-63 degrees C), Snag Yukon (North American record) 1947 Birthday Mark Dayton, American Politician 1947 Birthday Michio Kaku, American Scientist 1947 Birthday Thomas Carper, American Economist 1947 Birthday Joe Baca, American Politician 1947 Birthday Laura Schlessinger, American Writer 1947 Birthday Robert Martin, American Politician 1947 Birthday Mike DeWine, American Politician 1947 Birthday Jack Hanna, American Celebrity 1947 Birthday Jon Corzine, American Politician 1946 Death Carrie Jacobs Bond, American composer (I Love You Truly), dies at 85 1946 Birthday Tim Johnson, American Politician 1946 Death W. C. Fields, American Comedian 1946 Birthday Jeff Sessions, American Politician 1946 Birthday Sonny Perdue, American Politician 1946 Birthday Dick Wolf, American Producer 1946 Death Josiah Bailey, American Politician 1946 Birthday Rodney Alexander, American Politician 1946 Birthday Barbara Cubin, American Politician 1946 Birthday Richard J. Codey, American Politician 1946 Birthday Bobby Rush, American Politician 1946 Birthday Jodi Rell, American Politician 1946 Birthday David A. Stockman, American Playwright 1946 Birthday Laura Bush, American First Lady 1946 Birthday Lynne Marta, Philadelphia Pennsylvania, actress, Love American Style 1946 Birthday Mel Martinez, American Politician 1946 Death Ernest Thompson Seton, American Leader 1946 Birthday Lewis Grizzard, American Writer 1946 Birthday Dennis Kucinich, American Politician 1946 Birthday John T. Walton, American Businessman 1946 Birthday Catharine MacKinnon, American Activist 1946 Birthday Lloyd Doggett, American Politician 1946 Birthday Chuck Hagel, American Politician 1946 Death Gifford Pinchot, American Politician 1946 Birthday Andrea Dworkin, American Critic 1946 Birthday Christine Todd Whitman, American Politician 1946 Death William Strunk, Jr., American Writer 1946 Birthday Christie Todd Whitman, American Politician 1946 Birthday Pete Coors, American Businessman 1946 Birthday Joe Klein, American Journalist 1946 Birthday Jerome Corsi, American Author 1946 Birthday Tom Ridge, American Politician 1946 Birthday Richard Richards, American Astronaut 1946 Birthday William J. Clinton, American President 1946 Birthday Larry Graham, American Musician 1946 Birthday Rick Boucher, American Politician 1946 Death Gertrude Stein, American Author 1946 Birthday Paul Schrader, director, American Gigolo, Cat People, Hardcore 1946 Birthday Steve Friedman, TV news executive/actor, American Anthem 1946 Birthday Ken Starr, American Lawyer 1946 Birthday Kenneth Starr, American Lawyer 1946 Birthday Randal Kleiser, American Director 1946 Birthday Ed Markey, American Politician 1946 Event Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini canonized as 1st American saint 1946 Birthday George W. Bush, two-term American president 2000-2008 1946 Birthday Jamie Wyeth, Penn, artist, An American Vision-Boston 1946 Birthday Robert Asprin, American Author 1946 Death Antoinette Perry, American Actress 1946 Birthday Janice Giteck, born in Hicksville, New York, composer, influenced by world music, American Indian music, studied with Olivier Messiaen 1946 Death William S. Hart, American Actor 1946 Birthday Bob Vila, American Entertainer 1946 Death Sidney Hillman, American Activist 1946 Birthday Tony Levin, American Musician 1946 Death Carter Glass, American Politician 1946 Birthday Cher, American Musician 1946 Birthday Andreas Katsulas, American Actor 1946 Birthday L. Neil Smith, American Writer 1946 Birthday Gary Bauer, American Public Servant 1946 Event Mrs. Emma Clarissa Clement named "American Mother of Year" 1946 Death Harlan Stone, American Lawyer 1946 Birthday Catfish Hunter, American Athlete 1946 Death Gilbert Newton Lewis, American Scientist 1946 Birthday Rudy Rucker, American Scientist 1946 Birthday Jerry Nachman, American Journalist 1946 Birthday Joseph Sobran, American Activist 1946 Death Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat 1946 Event United Mine Workers union rejoins American Federation of Labor 1946 Birthday Johnny Oates, American Athlete 1946 Birthday Dolly Parton, American Musician 1945 Birthday Connie Willis, American Writer 1945 Birthday Lloyd Kaufman, American Director 1945 Death Theodore Dreiser, novelist (An American Tragedy), dies at 74 1945 Death George S. Patton, American Soldier 1945 Birthday Tom Tancredo, American Politician 1945 Birthday Chris Matthews, American Journalist 1945 Birthday Stanley Crouch, American Critic 1945 Birthday Tracy Kidder, American Author 1945 Birthday Penelope Spheeris, American Director 1945 Death Ellen Glasgow, American Novelist 1945 Birthday Dennis Moore, American Politician 1945 Birthday Jim Doyle, American Politician 1945 Birthday Sandy Berger, American Public Servant 1945 Birthday Pat Conroy, American writer, Great Santini, Prince of Tides 1945 Birthday Don McLean, New Rochelle, New York, singer and songwriter, American Pie, Vincent 1945 Birthday Dee Dee Warwick, American Musician 1945 Death Robert Benchley, American Comedian 1945 Birthday Jerry Bruckheimer, American Producer 1945 Birthday Alphonso Jackson, American Public Servant 1945 Birthday Robert Greenwald, American Director 1945 Birthday Mel Watt, American Politician 1945 Birthday Vince McMahon, American Entertainer 1945 Death Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher 1945 Birthday Gary Loizzo, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock guitarist, American Breed 1945 Birthday Wim Wenders, West German director, American Friend, Hammett 1945 Birthday Dorothy Denning, American Public Servant 1945 Birthday Erskine Bowles, American Businessman 1945 Birthday William Weld, American Politician 1945 Birthday Bill Weld, American Politician 1945 Birthday Larry Craig, American Politician 1945 Birthday Debbie Harry, American Musician 1945 Birthday Jane Harman, American Politician 1945 Birthday Bill Luther, American Politician 1945 Birthday George Pataki, American Politician 1945 Birthday George E. Pataki, American Politician 1945 Birthday Art Bell, American Entertainer 1945 Birthday Tommy Franks, American Soldier 1945 Birthday Mercer Reynolds, American Businessman 1945 Birthday Whitley Strieber, American Writer 1945 Birthday Deborah Tannen, American Sociologist 1945 Birthday Allen Boyd, American Politician 1945 Birthday James P. Moran, American Politician 1945 Birthday Charlie Gonzalez, American Politician 1945 Birthday Annie Dillard, American writer, An American Childhood 1945 Birthday Richard Armitage, American Politician 1945 Event American planes bombed Tokyo and damaged the Imperial Palace 1945 Death Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President 1945 Birthday Robert A. Brady, American Politician 1945 Birthday Neal Boortz, American Journalist 1945 Birthday Michael V. Hayden, American Soldier 1945 Birthday Elizabeth Moon, American Author 1945 Birthday Curtis Hanson, American Director 1945 Birthday Bubba Smith, American Athlete 1945 Birthday Marta Kristen, American Actress 1945 Birthday Douglas Hofstadter, American Writer 1945 Birthday Bill Bergey, born in South Dayton, New York, American collegiate and professional football player, played for American Football League's Cincinnati Bengals and NFL Philadelphia Eagles 1945 Birthday Mia Farrow, American Actress 1945 Birthday Don Ohlmeyer, American Producer 1945 Death Margaret Deland, American Novelist 1945 Birthday Barry Lopez, American Author 1944 Birthday Kary Mullis, American Scientist 1944 Death Amy Marcy Beach, American Musician 1944 Birthday Johnny Isakson, American Politician 1944 Birthday Wesley Clark, American Soldier 1944 Event Germans demand surrender of American troops at Bastogne, Belgium 1944 Birthday Jim Gibbons, American Politician 1944 Birthday Ben Stein, American Actor 1944 Birthday Dick Durbin, American Politician 1944 Birthday Earl Monroe, American Athlete 1944 Birthday Kinky Friedman, American Musician 1944 Birthday Emanuel Cleaver, American Politician 1944 Birthday James Carville, American Lawyer 1944 Birthday Steve Crocker, American Businessman 1944 Birthday Rodney Marsh, born in Hatfield, Hertfordshire, athlete, footballer, striker, player for Manchester City, Queens Park Rangers, Tampa Bay Rowdies, coached the New York United team in the American Soccer League 1944 Death Wendell L. Wilkie, American Lawyer 1944 Birthday George Nethercutt, American Politician 1944 Death Alfred Emanuel Smith, American Politician 1944 Birthday John S. Tanner, American Politician 1944 Birthday Thomas E. Mann, American Sociologist 1944 Birthday Ander Crenshaw, American Politician 1944 Birthday Charles Colbert, born in Chicago, Illinois, rocker, American Breed 1944 Birthday Tug McGraw, American Athlete 1944 Event 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees 1944 Birthday Larry Ellison, American Businessman 1944 Birthday Robert Mueller, American Public Servant 1944 Birthday Kenneth Tomlinson, American Editor 1944 Birthday Gary Busey, American Actor 1944 Birthday Collin C. Peterson, American Politician 1944 Birthday Whitfield Diffie, American Scientist 1944 Birthday Christopher Dodd, American Politician 1944 Birthday Armistead Maupin, American Novelist 1944 Death Max Brand, American Writer 1944 Birthday Richard Kline, American Actor 1944 Death Frank Knox, American Public Servant 1944 Birthday Sandra Dee, American Actress 1944 Birthday Bernie Worrell, American Musician 1944 Birthday Susan Davis, American Politician 1944 Birthday Jesse Brown, American Politician 1944 Birthday R. Lee Ermey, American Soldier 1944 Birthday Sirhan Sirhan, American Criminal 1944 Death Hendrik Willem Van Loon, American Journalist 1944 Birthday Stanley Schmidt, American Writer 1944 Death Charles Davenport, American Scientist 1944 Birthday Michael Oxley, American Politician 1944 Birthday Vernor Vinge, American Writer 1944 Birthday Gordon Gee, American Educator 1944 Birthday Michael Enzi, American Politician 1944 Birthday Angela Davis, American Activist 1944 Birthday Neely Bruce, born in America, composer, conductor, pianist, scholar of American music, Professor of Music and American Studies at Wesleyan University, chorus director for Connecticut Opera 1944 Birthday Jack Henry Abbott, American Author 1944 Birthday Peter Lynch, American Businessman 1944 Birthday Edward G. Rendell, American Politician 1944 Birthday Carolyn McCarthy, American Politician 1944 Birthday Ed Rendell, American Politician 1943 Birthday Paul Wolfowitz, American Celebrity 1943 Death Fats Waller, American Musician 1943 Birthday John F. Kerry, American Politician 1943 Birthday Wayne Allard, American Politician 1943 Birthday Jim Mitchell, American Director 1943 Birthday Bruce Paltrow, American Producer 1943 Birthday Jerry Kleczka, American Politician 1943 Birthday Phil Bredesen, American Politician 1943 Birthday Lauren Hutton, Mary, Charleston, South Carolina, model/actress, American Gigolo 1943 Birthday Jim Cantalupo, American Businessman 1943 Birthday Saxby Chambliss, American Politician 1943 Birthday Lee Graziano, born in Chicago, Illinois, rock drummer, American Breed 1943 Birthday Stephen Greenblatt, American Critic 1943 Birthday R. L. Stine, American Writer 1943 Birthday Oliver North, American Soldier 1943 Birthday H. Rap Brown, American Activist 1943 Birthday Robert M. Gates, American Politician 1943 Birthday Joe Morgan, American Athlete 1943 Birthday Lincoln Davis, American Politician 1943 Birthday Michael D. Barnes, American Politician 1943 Birthday Nelson DeMille, American Author 1943 Death William Lyon Phelps, American Educator 1943 Birthday Eni Faleomavaega, born in Vailoatai Village, American Samoa, Representative-D-American Samoa 1989 1943 Birthday Bill Bradley, American Politician 1943 Birthday Kay Hutchison, American Politician 1943 Birthday Kay Bailey Hutchison, American Politician 1943 Birthday Thomas J. Sargent, American Economist 1943 Birthday Walter Murch, American film editor and sound deisgner 1943 Birthday Joel Siegel, born in Los Angeles, California, American film critic, television journalist 1943 Birthday Virginia Foxx, American Politician 1943 Birthday Vinton Cerf, American Inventor 1943 Birthday Brit Hume, American Journalist 1943 Birthday Jim Sensenbrenner, American Politician 1943 Birthday Joe Haldeman, American Author 1943 Birthday Sue Simmons, American Journalist 1943 Birthday David Clennon, American Actor 1943 Birthday Richard Darman, American Economist 1943 Birthday Bob Livingston, American Politician 1943 Death Ben Lindsey, American Judge 1943 Birthday Bobby Fischer, born in Chicago, eleventh World Chess Champion, American chess Grandmaster 1943 Birthday Jef Raskin, American Scientist 1943 Birthday Peter Straub, American Writer 1943 Birthday Sally Jessy Raphael, American Entertainer 1943 Birthday David Geffen, American Businessman 1943 Birthday Rob Simmons, American Politician 1943 Birthday Joseph E. Stiglitz, American Economist 1943 Birthday Howell Raines, American Editor 1943 Birthday Neil Bogart, American Businessman 1943 Birthday John Mica, American Politician 1943 Birthday Tobe Hooper, American Director 1943 Birthday Jim Barksdale, American Businessman 1943 Birthday Gary Burton, American Musician 1943 Birthday Jim Saxton, American Politician 1943 Birthday Kay Granger, American Politician 1943 Birthday Jim Hightower, American Activist 1943 Death Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian 1943 Birthday Doris Kearns Goodwin, American Historian 1943 Birthday Richard Ben-Veniste, American Lawyer 1942 Birthday Thomas Menino, American Politician 1942 Birthday Gray Davis, American Politician 1942 Birthday Bob Hayes, American Athlete 1942 Birthday Dennis Conner, American Athlete 1942 Birthday Donald L. Carcieri, American Politician 1942 Birthday Dick Murphy, American Politician 1942 Birthday Kathleen Blanco, American Politician 1942 Birthday Anna Eshoo, American Politician 1942 Birthday Eric Shinseki, American Soldier 1942 Birthday Gary Ackerman, American Politician 1942 Birthday Barry McCaffrey, American Soldier 1942 Death George M. Cohan, American Actor 1942 Birthday John Spratt, American Politician 1942 Birthday Jim Rogers, American Businessman 1942 Birthday James A. Leach, American Politician 1942 Birthday Paul Weyrich, American Critic 1942 Birthday Bernice Johnson Reagon, American Musician 1942 Birthday Bill Nelson, American Politician 1942 Birthday Donna Leon, American Author 1942 Birthday Nathan Deal, American Politician 1942 Birthday Max Cleland, American Politician 1942 Death Alice Duer Miller, American Poet 1942 Event 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Is 1942 Birthday John F. Lehman, Jr., American Businessman 1942 Event 1st American offensive in Pacific in WW2, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands 1942 Event 1st American bombing mission over enemy-occupied Europe (WW II) 1942 Event 1st WW II American expeditionary force lands in Africa (Gold Coast) 1942 Birthday Joan Van Ark, American Actress 1942 Birthday Byron Dorgan, American Politician 1942 Event Nazi U-boat sinks American cargo ship at mouth of Mississippi River 1942 Birthday John Ashcroft, American Public Servant 1942 Birthday John Kyl, American Politician 1942 Birthday Ken Auletta, American Journalist 1942 Birthday Kenneth Lay, American Businessman 1942 Birthday Richie Allen, American Athlete 1942 Birthday Lou Gerstner, American Businessman 1942 Birthday Louis Gerstner, American Businessman 1942 Birthday Michael Bloomberg, American Politician 1942 Death Grant Wood, U.S. painter (American Gothic), dies at 49 1942 Death Alexander Woollcott, American Critic 1942 Birthday Barbara Lynn, born in Beaumont, Texas, American guitarist, singer, rhythm and blues, toured with soul music greats like Stevie Wonder, B.B. King, recorded the song Oh Baby (We've Got A Good Thing Goin') with The Rolling Stones 1942 Birthday Bob Taft, American Politician 1942 Death Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman 1942 Birthday Dennis Hastert, American Politician 1942 Birthday Hugh Shelton, American Soldier 1942 Birthday Al Hunt, American Journalist 1941 Event American forces on Wake Island surrender to Japanese 1941 Birthday Bruce Nauman, American Artist 1941 Birthday Tom Conti, Paisley Scotland, actor, Reuben Reuben, American Dreamer 1941 Birthday Dick Trickle, American Celebrity 1941 Birthday Anne Tyler, American writer, Accidental Tourist 1941 Birthday Lester Bowie, American Musician 1941 Birthday Brian Lamb, American Businessman 1941 Death Justice Brandeis, American Lawyer 1941 Birthday Paul Bremer, American Statesman 1941 Birthday Bob Matsui, American Politician 1941 Birthday Richard Perle, American Public Servant 1941 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt orders any Axis ship found in American waters be shot on sight 1941 Birthday Stephen Jay Gould, American Scientist 1941 Birthday Dennis Ritchie, American Scientist 1941 Birthday Bernie Sanders, American Politician 1941 Birthday Danny K. Davis, American Politician 1941 Birthday Barbara Ehrenreich, American Writer 1941 Birthday Lynne Cheney, American Celebrity 1941 Birthday Bob Etheridge, American Politician 1941 Birthday Phil Condit, American Businessman 1941 Birthday Raymond Sokolov, American Journalist 1941 Birthday Michael Ledeen, American Writer 1941 Birthday Bill Delahunt, American Politician 1941 Birthday Sam Farr, American Politician 1941 Birthday Stokely Carmichael, American Activist 1941 Birthday Michael M. Honda, American Politician 1941 Birthday Mike Honda, American Politician 1941 Death Louis Chevrolet, American Celebrity 1941 Event American Flag House (Betsy Ross' Home) given to city of Philadelphia 1941 Birthday James P. Hoffa, American Businessman 1941 Birthday Ben Nelson, American Politician 1941 Birthday Howard Berman, American Politician 1941 Birthday Paul Theroux, American travel book writer, Mosquito Coast 1941 Birthday David Boies, American Lawyer 1941 Birthday Don Sherwood, American Politician 1941 Birthday Robert Hass, American Poet 1941 Birthday Donna Shalala, American Public Servant 1941 Birthday Sonny Landham, American Actor 1941 Birthday Dave Parnas, American Scientist 1941 Birthday Doc Hastings, American Politician 1941 Birthday Dick Gephardt, American Politician 1941 Birthday Don Van Vliet, American Artist 1941 Birthday Faye Dunaway, American Actress 1940 Birthday Norm Dicks, American Politician 1940 Death Jesse Livermore, American Businessman 1940 Birthday Sam Waterston, American Actor 1940 Birthday Ted Kulongoski, American Politician 1940 Death Lewis Hine, American Photographer 1940 Birthday John Gotti, American Criminal 1940 Birthday Cynthia Weil, American Musician 1940 Birthday John Warnock, American Scientist 1940 Birthday Steve Swallow, American Musician 1940 Birthday Bill Kurtis, Pensacola, Florida, newscaster, American Parade 1940 Event 3rd American Football League plays 1st game (Milw 14, Columbus 2) 1940 Birthday Norman Spinrad, American Author 1940 Birthday Brian De Palma, American Director 1940 Birthday Ted Olson, American Politician 1940 Birthday William S. Cohen, American Politician 1940 Birthday Galen Rowell, American Photographer 1940 Birthday Ruben Hinojosa, American Politician 1940 Birthday Bill McCartney, American Celebrity 1940 Birthday Jan Claire, actor, American Anthem 1940 Death Walter Chrysler, American Inventor 1940 Birthday David E. Price, American Politician 1940 Death Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer 1940 Birthday Roscoe Mitchell, American Composer 1940 Birthday Pat Schroeder, American Politician 1940 Birthday Joe Torre, American Athlete 1940 Birthday Phyllis Davis, born in Port Arthur, Texas, actress, Love American Style, Vega$ 1940 Birthday Dick Armey, American Politician 1940 Birthday Lamar Alexander, American Politician 1940 Death Smedley Butler, American Soldier 1940 Birthday Shirley Muldowney, American Celebrity 1940 Birthday Alan Kay, American Scientist 1940 Birthday Roger Ailes, American Businessman 1940 Birthday Don Nelson, American Coach 1940 Birthday Sue Grafton, American Novelist 1940 Birthday Russell Banks, American Author 1940 Birthday Solomon Burke, American Musician 1940 Birthday Mary Ellen Mark, American Photographer 1940 Birthday Wayne Dyer, American Psychologist 1940 Death Edwin Markham, American Poet 1940 Birthday Stuart Margolin, Davenport Iowa, actor, Love American Style 1940 Birthday Edmund White, American Novelist 1939 Birthday Peter Camejo, American Businessman 1939 Birthday Kim Weston, American Musician 1939 Event 1st American skimobiles, North Conway, New Hampshire 1939 Birthday Phil Spector, American Businessman 1939 Birthday Wen Ho Lee, American Scientist 1939 Birthday Harry Reid, American Politician 1939 Birthday Lee Trevino, American Athlete 1939 Birthday Tom Harkin, American Politician 1939 Birthday Wendy Carlos, American Musician 1939 Birthday Russell Means, American Activist 1939 Birthday Franklin Jones, American Celebrity 1939 Birthday Richard Serra, American Artist 1939 Birthday F. Murray Abraham, American Actor 1939 Death Charles M. Schwab, American Businessman 1939 Death Harvey Cushing, American Scientist 1939 Birthday David H. Souter, American Judge 1939 Birthday Phillip Ramey, born in Elmhurst, Illinois, pianist, composer, associated with Aaron Copeland, wrote, 'Irving Fine: An American Composer in His Time' 1939 Birthday Joel Schumacher, American Director 1939 Death Frederick Carl Frieseke, American Artist 1939 Birthday Josh McDowell, American Writer 1939 Birthday Michael Storm, American Actor 1939 Birthday John W. Snow, American Economist 1939 Death William J. Mayo, American Scientist 1939 Birthday John Negroponte, American Diplomat 1939 Birthday Mike Castle, American Politician 1939 Birthday Peter Bogdanovich, American 1939 Birthday Chuck Robb, American Politician 1939 Death Benjamin Tucker, American Activist 1939 Birthday Marian Wright Edelman, American Activist 1939 Birthday Robert A. M. Stern, American Architect 1939 Birthday Ron Ziegler, American Politician 1939 Event Catholic church beatified the 1st Native American, Kateri Tekakwitha 1939 Birthday Fred F. Fielding, American Lawyer 1939 Birthday Kit Bond, American Politician 1939 Birthday Leon Kass, American Educator 1939 Birthday Frank R. Wolf, American Politician 1939 Birthday Jeff Smith, American Entertainer 1939 Event George Kaufman and Moss Hart's "American Way," premieres in New York City 1939 Birthday David Horowitz, American Writer 1939 Death Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author 1938 Birthday Stewart Brand, American Author 1938 Birthday Michael Ritchie, American Director 1938 Birthday Porter Goss, American Public Servant 1938 Birthday Robert Nozick, American Philosopher 1938 Birthday Pat Buchanan, American Journalist 1938 Birthday Dawn Wells, American Actress 1938 Birthday Evel Knievel, American Entertainer 1938 Birthday Teresa Heinz Kerry, American 1938 Birthday David Obey, American Politician 1938 Birthday Sam Nunn, American Politician 1938 Birthday Bob Rubin, American Businessman 1938 Birthday Robert E. Rubin, American Businessman 1938 Birthday Paul Maguire, American Athlete 1938 Birthday Lee R. Raymond, American Businessman 1938 Birthday Ron Fairly, American Athlete 1938 Death William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist 1938 Birthday Charles Simic, American Poet 1938 Birthday Stanley Fish, American Writer 1938 Birthday Kerry Thornley, American Philosopher 1938 Birthday Jay Garner, American Soldier 1938 Birthday A. Bartlett Giamatti, American Educator 1938 Death John Bates Clark, American Economist 1938 Death Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer 1938 Birthday David Baltimore, American Scientist 1938 Event American Bowling Congress' largest tournament (24,765 competitors) 1938 Birthday Philip Knight, American Businessman 1938 Birthday Phil Knight, American Businessman 1938 Birthday Donald Knuth, American Scientist 1937 Death Don Marquis, American Poet 1937 Death Frank B. Kellogg, American Politician 1937 Birthday Jim Harrison, American Writer 1937 Birthday Fritz Scholder, American Artist 1937 Birthday Joseph Jarman, American Musician 1937 Birthday Don Bluth, American Artist 1937 Birthday Robert Crippen, American Astronaut 1937 Event 2nd American Football League plays 1st game (LA 21, Pittsburgh 0) 1937 Birthday Jared Diamond, American Author 1937 Birthday Olly Wilson, born in St. Louis, Missouri, composer, double bassist, musicologist, contemporary classical music, preeminent African American composer, studied with Robert Wykes, earned PhD from University of Iowa 1937 Birthday Allen Weinstein, American Public Servant 1937 Death Andrew Mellon, American Businessman 1937 Death Edith Wharton, American Author 1937 Birthday Charlie Haden, American Musician 1937 Birthday Herb Brooks, American Coach 1937 Birthday Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist 1937 Death George Gershwin, composer (American in Paris), dies at 38 1937 Birthday Jay Rockefeller, American Politician 1937 Birthday Red Grooms, American Artist 1937 Birthday Robert Fulghum, American Author 1937 Birthday Charles W. Pickering, American Judge 1937 Birthday Mark Shields, American Journalist 1937 Death John D. Rockefeller, American Businessman 1937 Birthday Madeleine Albright, American Statesman 1937 Birthday Roger Zelazny, American Writer 1937 Birthday George Carlin, born in New York, American comedian, actor, author, Grammy Award winner 1937 Death William Gillette, American Actor 1937 Birthday Joe Henderson, American Musician 1937 Death Paul Elmer More, American Critic 1937 Birthday Claude Brown, American Writer 1937 Birthday David Ackles, Illinois, vocalist/songwriter, American Gothic 1936 Birthday Jim McDermott, American Politician 1936 Birthday Hector Elizondo, New York City, actor, American Gigolo, Young Doctors in Love 1936 Birthday William L. Jenkins, American Politician 1936 Birthday Don DeLillo, American Novelist 1936 Birthday Neil Sheehan, American Journalist 1936 Birthday Shelley Morrison, American Actress 1936 Birthday Bobby Seale, American Activist 1936 Death Anne Sullivan, American Educator 1936 Birthday Sylvia Browne, American Celebrity 1936 Birthday Billy Higgins, American Musician 1936 Birthday Christopher Alexander, American Architect 1936 Birthday Jim Sasser, American Politician 1936 Birthday Sue Kelly, American Politician 1936 Birthday Sunny Murray, American Musician 1936 Birthday Al Oerter, born in New York City, American athlete, four-time, consecutive, Olympic Champion in the discus throw 1936 Birthday Walter Koenig, American Actor 1936 Birthday Roderick Thorp, American Novelist 1936 Birthday Kenny Guinn, American Politician 1936 Birthday Andre Dubus, American Writer 1936 Death Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist 1936 Birthday Don Bowden, U.S., 1st American to run a sub 4 minute mile 1936 Birthday Buddy Guy, born in Lettsworth, Louisiana, rock guitarist, singer, American blues five-time Grammy-Award winner, inspired Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan 1936 Birthday Elizabeth Dole, American Politician 1936 Birthday Ron Burton, American Athlete 1936 Birthday Tom Robbins, American Author 1936 Birthday George Voinovich, American Politician 1936 Birthday Major R. Owens, American Politician 1936 Birthday Major Owens, American Politician 1936 Death Robert E. Howard, American Writer 1936 Birthday M. Scott Peck, American Psychologist 1936 Birthday Frank Stella, American Artist 1936 Birthday James Dobson, American Psychologist 1936 Birthday James C. Dobson, American Psychologist 1936 Birthday Frank Serpico, American Celebrity 1936 Birthday Robert Scheer, American Journalist 1936 Birthday Valerie Solanas, American Writer 1936 Birthday Judith Guest, American Novelist 1936 Birthday Marion Barry, American Politician 1936 Birthday Sonia Johnson, American Activist 1936 Birthday Roger Mahony, American Clergyman 1936 Death Joshua Willis Alexander, American Judge 1936 Birthday Jean M. Auel, American Writer 1936 Birthday Al Goldstein, American Publisher 1935 Birthday Robert Crandall, American Businessman 1935 Birthday Paul O'Neill, American Politician 1935 Birthday Eddie Bernice Johnson, American Politician 1935 Birthday Jack Welch, American Businessman 1935 Birthday Tom Atkins, American Politician 1935 Birthday Roy Scheider, born in New Jersey, American actor, played Martin Brody in 'Jaws' 1935 Death Billy Sunday, American Athlete 1935 Birthday Ronald Graham, American Mathematician 1935 Birthday Robert Caro, American Writer 1935 Birthday Ann Rule, American Writer 1935 Death Huey Long, American Politician 1935 Birthday Richard Lamm, American Politician 1935 Birthday Mary Oliver, American Poet 1935 Birthday Dallas Willard, American Philosopher 1935 Birthday Ron Paul, American Politician 1935 Birthday Story Musgrave, American Astronaut 1935 Birthday Jack Schmitt, American Astronaut 1935 Birthday Norman Ralph Augustine, American businessman and Under Secretary of the Army 1975 - 1977 1935 Death Alice Brown Davis, American Statesman 1935 Birthday Len Dawson, American Athlete 1935 Birthday Thomas H. Kean, American Politician 1935 Birthday Gene Cherico, born in Buffalo, New York, Eugene Valentino Gene Cherico, bassist, American jazz, toured with Toshiko Akiyoshi, recorded with Paul Desmond, accompanied singer Peggy Lee 1935 Death Anna Katharine Green, American Author 1935 Birthday Gene Oliver, American Athlete 1935 Birthday Jimmy Swaggart, American Clergyman 1935 Death Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., American Judge 1935 Birthday Frank Jordan, American Politician 1935 Birthday Jane Wagner, American Comedian 1935 Birthday Conrad Burns, American Politician 1935 Birthday Pete du Pont, American Politician 1935 Birthday Ruth Ann Minner, American Politician 1935 Birthday A. J. Foyt, American Celebrity 1934 Birthday Del Shannon, American Musician 1934 Birthday Willie Morris, American Writer 1934 Birthday R. W. Apple, Jr., American Journalist 1934 Birthday James Inhofe, American Politician 1934 Birthday Victor Argo, American Actor 1934 Birthday Bill Gothard, American Clergyman 1934 Birthday Charles R. Swindoll, American Clergyman 1934 Birthday Chuck Swindoll, American Clergyman 1934 Birthday Amiri Baraka, American Writer 1934 Birthday Little Milton, American Musician 1934 Birthday James Tenney, American Composer 1934 Birthday Wendell Berry, American Poet 1934 Birthday Don Ellis, American Musician 1934 Birthday Steve Lacy, American Musician 1934 Birthday Donald M. Payne, American Politician 1934 Birthday Van Cliburn, American Musician 1934 Birthday Giorgio Armani, born in Milan, Italy, fashion designer, American Gigolo 1934 Birthday Don Rose, American Entertainer 1934 Birthday Sydney Pollack, born in Indiana, American film director, producer, actor in over 30 films 1934 Birthday Carl Levin, American Politician 1934 Birthday Harlan Ellison, American Writer 1934 Birthday Robert Moog, American Inventor 1934 Birthday Jim Lehrer, American Journalist 1934 Death Cass Gilbert, American Architect 1934 Birthday James Jeffords, American Politician 1934 Birthday Jim Jeffords, American Politician 1934 Birthday Richard Shelby, American Politician 1934 Birthday John J. Sweeney, American Businessman 1934 Birthday Diane Johnson, American Novelist 1934 Birthday Mark Strand, American poet/editor/translator, Another Republic 1934 Birthday George Ryan, American Politician 1934 Birthday Audre Lorde, American Poet 1934 Birthday Mel Carnahan, American Politician 1934 Birthday Nick Clooney, American Politician 1934 Birthday Leonard Boswell, American Politician 1934 Birthday Alexandra Ripley, American Writer 1934 Event National and American baseball leagues select a uniform ball 1933 Birthday Mel Gussow, American Critic 1933 Birthday Diane Watson, American Politician 1933 Birthday James D. Houston, American Writer 1933 Death Texas Guinan, American Businessman 1933 Birthday Michael Dukakis, American Politician 1933 Birthday Robert Bennett, American Politician 1933 Birthday Robert Foster Bennett, American Politician 1933 Birthday Chuck Grassley, American Politician 1933 Birthday Charles Grassley, American Politician 1933 Birthday William Pierce, American Celebrity 1933 Birthday Michael Novak, American Philosopher 1933 Birthday Ann Richards, born in Lakeview, Texas, American politician, Democrat, Governor of Texas, second female governor of Texas, defeated for re-election by future U.S. President George W. Bush 1933 Birthday Nancy Friday, American Author 1933 Birthday Ken Lucas, American Politician 1933 Birthday George J. Mitchell, American Politician 1933 Birthday Stanley Milgram, American Psychologist 1933 Birthday Jerry Pournelle, American Journalist 1933 Birthday Donald E. Westlake, American Writer 1933 Birthday Oliver Sacks, American Scientist 1933 Death Fatty Arbuckle, American Comedian 1933 Birthday Dave Bristol, American Celebrity 1933 Birthday Harry Browne, American Writer 1933 Birthday Rod Paige, American Politician 1933 Birthday F. Lee Bailey, American Lawyer 1933 Death James Loeb, American Businessman 1933 Birthday Joan Collins, American Actress 1933 Birthday Frank H. Murkowski, American Politician 1933 Birthday Frank Murkowski, American Politician 1933 Birthday Philip Zimbardo, American Psychologist 1933 Birthday Sanford I. Weill, American Businessman 1933 Birthday Ruth Bader Ginsburg, American Judge 1933 Birthday Paul Sarbanes, American Politician 1933 Death Sara Teasdale, American Author 1933 Birthday Susan Sontag, born in New York City, Susan Rosenblatt, New York, writer, author, filmmaker, philosopher, political activist, 'Against Interpretation' established reputation as 'the Dark Lady of American Letters' 1933 Birthday Ernest Gaines, American Writer 1933 Birthday Stan Brakhage, American Director 1932 Birthday Bob Pettit, American Athlete 1932 Birthday Don King, American Celebrity 1932 Death Charles W. Chesnutt, American Novelist 1932 Birthday Al Levitt, born in New York City, New York, drummer, American jazz artist, studied under Irv Kuger, played in Europe with Peter Ind, Slide Hampton, Chet Baker, Wayne Marsh, James Moody 1932 Birthday Stephen Covey, American Businessman 1932 Death John Sharp Williams, American Politician 1932 Birthday John Searle, American Philosopher 1932 Birthday William Ruckelshaus, American Lawyer 1932 Birthday Dick Thornburgh, American Politician 1932 Birthday Nina Van Pallandt, born in Copenhagen, Denmark, actress, American Gigolo 1932 Event Bradman scores 260, a North American record, vs. Western Ontario 1932 Birthday Richard Scaife, American Businessman 1932 Birthday Peter Bart, American Editor 1932 Birthday William Odom, American, NASA director, Soviet Union expert, U.S. Army lieutenant general, advised Carter, Reagan 1932 Birthday Pete Domenici, American Politician 1932 Death Charles Fort, American Writer 1932 Birthday Casey Kasem, born in Detroit, Michigan, radio personality, American Top 40 1932 Death Hart Crane, American Poet 1932 Birthday Karl Kroeger, born in Louisville, Kentucky, composer, studied with Claude Almand, head, American Music Collection, New York Public Library 1932 Birthday Dennis Banks, American Educator 1932 Birthday Clive Davis, American Businessman 1932 Birthday Ted Morgan, American Writer 1932 Birthday Walter Gilbert, American Scientist 1932 Birthday Zell Miller, American Politician 1932 Birthday Edward Kennedy, American Politician 1932 Birthday Duane Michals, American Photographer 1932 Death Florence Kelley, American Activist 1932 Birthday David Antin, American Poet 1932 Death Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman 1931 Death Melvil Dewey, American Inventor 1931 Birthday Allen Klein, American Businessman 1931 Death Vachel Lindsay, American Poet 1931 Birthday Wally George, American Celebrity 1931 Birthday Jimmy Lyons, American Musician 1931 Birthday Bob Crewe, born in Newark, New Jersey, American songwriter, singer, co-wrote with Bob Gaudio, Top 10 singles for The Four Seasons, recorded with Bobby Darin, Roberta Flack, Patti LaBelle 1931 Birthday Pete Stark, American Politician 1931 Birthday Ike Turner, born in Mississippi, American musician, bandleader, record producer, talent scout, Grammy Award winner 1931 Birthday Drew Lewis, American Businessman 1931 Birthday Jay Chiat, American Businessman 1931 Birthday Chuck Colson, American Lawyer 1931 Birthday Eddie Mathews, American Athlete 1931 Birthday Cotton Fitzsimmons, American Coach 1931 Birthday Riccardo Giacconi, American Scientist 1931 Death Dwight Morrow, American Businessman 1931 Birthday James Cronin, American Physicist 1931 Birthday Sandy Levin, American Politician 1931 Birthday Boxcar Willie, born in Red Oak, Texas, born Lecil Travis Martin, guitarist, American hobo music singer, sang country, gospel music 1931 Death Francis Bellamy, American Clergyman 1931 Birthday Louis W. Ballard, born in Cherokee, Quapaw, Native American composer, author, artist, wrote 'Incident at Wounded Knee' 1931 Birthday John Shelby Spong, American Clergyman 1931 Birthday Bert Lance, American Politician 1931 Birthday James Q. Wilson, American Politician 1931 Death David Belasco, American Playwright 1931 Birthday Gene Wolfe, American Writer 1931 Death George H. Mead, American Philosopher 1931 Death George Herbert Mead, American Philosopher 1931 Birthday Fred Brooks, American Scientist 1931 Event 1st walk across American backwards begins 1931 Birthday Ram Dass, American Psychologist 1931 Death Ida B. Wells, American Activist 1931 Death Ban Johnson, founder of baseball's American League, dies at 67 1931 Birthday Burton Richter, American Scientist 1931 Birthday Ed Parker, American Athlete 1931 Birthday Herb Kelleher, American Businessman 1931 Birthday Neil Postman, American Educator 1931 Birthday Robert Novak, American Journalist 1931 Birthday Bob Novak, American Entertainer 1931 Birthday Dominic Chianese, American Actor 1931 Birthday Tom Wesselman, U.S. sculptor, Great American Nudes 1931 Birthday Tom Wesselmann, American Artist 1931 Birthday Tippi Hedren, American Actress 1931 Birthday Charles Nelson Reilly, born in New York, American actor, director, comedian, drama teacher, game show panelist 1931 Birthday E. L. Doctorow, American Author 1931 Birthday Alvin Ailey, choreographer, American Dance Theater 1930 Death Kin Hubbard, American Journalist 1930 Birthday Gary Becker, American Economist 1930 Death Mother Jones, American Activist 1930 Birthday David Amram, American Composer 1930 Birthday David Hackworth, American Soldier 1930 Birthday Mark McCormack, American Businessman 1930 Birthday Phil Crane, American Politician 1930 Birthday Faith Ringgold, American Artist 1930 Birthday Raymond J. Donovan, American Politician 1930 Birthday Warren Buffett, American Businessman 1930 Birthday John G. Schmitz, American Politician 1930 Death Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1930 Birthday Harold Bloom, American Critic 1930 Birthday Ahmad Jamal, American Musician 1930 Birthday Ross Perot, American Businessman 1930 Birthday Marion Zimmer Bradley, American Writer 1930 Birthday Harvey Milk, American Politician 1930 Birthday Fred Saberhagen, American Author 1930 Death Herbert Croly, American Author 1930 Birthday Betty Carter, American Musician 1930 Birthday Stanley Elkin, American Author 1930 Birthday Richard Donner, American Director 1930 Birthday Ray Blanton, American Politician 1930 Birthday Jerome Isaac Friedman, American Physicist 1930 Birthday James Irwin, American Astronaut 1930 Birthday Cecil Taylor, American Musician 1930 Death George Haven Putnam, American Soldier 1930 Birthday Harry Mathews, American Author 1930 Birthday Arlen Spector, American Politician 1930 Birthday Kenneth Anger, American Author 1930 Birthday Bobby Bland, American Musician 1930 Birthday Ernest Just, Black biologist, served as Vice President of American Zoologists 1930 Birthday Frederick Wiseman, American Director 1929 Death Charles Goodnight, American Celebrity 1929 Event 1st U.S. nudist organization (American League for Physical Culture, New York City) 1929 Birthday Dick Clark, Mount Vernon, New York, TV Host, American Bandstand 1929 Birthday G. Gordon Liddy, American Entertainer 1929 Birthday Berry Gordy, American Businessman 1929 Birthday Dick Clark, Mount Vernon, New York, TV host, American Bandstand 1929 Birthday Ed Asner, American Actor 1929 Birthday Bobby Bowden, American Coach 1929 Birthday George Crumb, American Composer 1929 Birthday Ursula K. LeGuin, American Author 1929 Birthday Arnold Palmer, American Athlete 1929 Birthday Betty Dodson, American Educator 1929 Birthday Louise Slaughter, American Politician 1929 Birthday Gene Scott, American Clergyman 1929 Birthday Joseph Jackson, American Businessman 1929 Birthday Milton Glaser, American Designer 1929 Birthday Eric Carle, American Author 1929 Birthday June Carter, American Musician 1929 Birthday Edward O. Wilson, American Scientist 1929 Birthday E. O. Wilson, American Scientist 1929 Birthday Chuck Barris, American Producer 1929 Birthday Howard Simons, American Editor 1929 Birthday Norton Juster, American Architect 1929 Birthday John Conyers, American Politician 1929 Birthday Dave Anderson, American Writer 1929 Birthday Ed Townsend, American Musician 1929 Birthday Tom Foley, American Politician 1929 Event Charles Curtis (R-Kansas) becomes 1st native American Vice President 1929 Birthday Frank Gehry, American Architect 1929 Birthday Hayden Fry, American Coach 1929 Event American Samoa organizes as territory of U.S. 1929 Birthday Jim Whittacker, mountain climber, 1st American to climb Mount Everest 1929 Birthday Charles A. Beckwith, American Soldier 1929 Birthday Gerry Spence, American Lawyer 1929 Birthday Gordon Moore, American Businessman 1928 Birthday Bo Diddley, born in Mississippi, acclaimed as a founder of American rock and roll, singer, guitarist, songwriter 1928 Birthday George Lindsey, American Actor 1928 Death Elinor Wylie, American Poet 1928 Event George Gershwin's "An American In Paris" premieres (New York City) 1928 Birthday Cleo Moore, American Actress 1928 Birthday Daniel Nathans, American Scientist 1928 Event President Hoover speaks of "American system of rugged individualism" 1928 Birthday Whitey Ford, American Athlete 1928 Birthday M. Russell Ballard, American Clergyman 1928 Birthday Albert Shanker, American labor leader, American Federation of Teachers 1928 Birthday Robert Indiana, American Artist 1928 Birthday Walter Martin, American Clergyman 1928 Birthday Robert M. Pirsig, American Philosopher 1928 Birthday Vera Rubin, American Scientist 1928 Birthday Robert Sheckley, American Author 1928 Birthday Carl Olson, American Athlete 1928 Death Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer 1928 Birthday Eric Dolphy, American Musician 1928 Birthday Jerome Cavanagh, American Politician 1928 Birthday John Forbes Nash, American Mathematician 1928 Death Timothy Thomas Fortune, American Writer 1928 Birthday Jack Kevorkian, American Activist 1928 Birthday Roger Caras, American Activist 1928 Birthday T. Boone Pickens, American Businessman 1928 Birthday Theodore C. Sorensen, American Lawyer 1928 Birthday Shirley Temple, American Actress 1928 Birthday Robert Byrne, American Celebrity 1928 Birthday Dick Lane, American Athlete 1928 Death Chauncey Depew, American Politician 1928 Birthday Patrick McGoohan, born in New York, American actor of Irish descent, appeared in films, theater, television 1928 Death Eddie Foy, American Actor 1928 Birthday Frank Frazetta, American Artist 1928 Birthday Andrew Greeley, American Clergyman 1928 Birthday Walter F. Mondale, American Lawyer 1927 Birthday William Labov, American Writer 1927 Birthday Vin Scully, American Celebrity 1927 Birthday William E. Simon, American Public Servant 1927 Birthday Lawrence Kohlberg, American Educator 1927 Birthday William J. Perry, American Politician 1927 Birthday Jim Elliot, American Clergyman 1927 Birthday Al Hansen, born in New York City, New York, Norwegian American artist, member of the 1960's Flexus art movement that blended different artistic media and disciplines 1927 Birthday W. S. Merwin, American Poet 1927 Death Isadora Duncan, American Dancer 1927 Birthday Harlan Howard, American Musician 1927 Birthday Paul A. Volcker, American Economist 1927 Birthday Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman 1927 Birthday Rosalynn Carter, American First Lady 1927 Birthday Marvin Harris, American Scientist 1927 Birthday Edwin Edwards, American Politician 1927 Birthday John Ashbery, American Poet 1927 Birthday Doc Severinsen, American Musician 1927 Birthday Martin Lewis Perl, American Physicist 1927 Birthday Evelyn Wesler Zemel, U.S., author, American Glass Animals 1927 Birthday George Andrew Olah, American Scientist 1927 Event Pan American Airlines incorporates 1927 Birthday James D. Watkins, American Soldier 1927 Birthday Gordon Cooper, American Astronaut 1927 Event 1,000 U.S. Marines land in China to protect American property 1927 Birthday Robert Bork, American Public Servant 1927 Birthday John Warner, American Politician 1927 Birthday Richard Snelling, American Politician 1927 Birthday Vernon L. Smith, American Economist 1926 Birthday Henry W. Kendall, American Scientist 1926 Birthday Poul Anderson, American Writer 1926 Death Joseph McKenna, American Politician 1926 Birthday Jeane Kirkpatrick, American Public Servant 1926 Death Joseph Gurney Cannon, American Politician 1926 Birthday Zig Ziglar, American Author 1926 Birthday H. R. Haldeman, American Politician 1926 Death Olympia Brown, American Activist 1926 Death Eugene V. Debs, American Politician 1926 Birthday Evan Hunter, Ed McBain, American writer, Blackboard Jungle 1926 Birthday Duke Snider, American Athlete 1926 Birthday James Lipton, American Educator 1926 Birthday Robert H. Schuller, American Clergyman 1926 Birthday Tommy Bond, American Actor 1926 Birthday Clifford Geertz, American Scientist 1926 Death Charles W. Eliot, American Educator 1926 Death Charles William Eliot, American Educator 1926 Birthday Arthur Rock, American Businessman 1926 Birthday Lewis Thompson Preston, American Businessman 1926 Birthday Hilary Putnam, American Philosopher 1926 Birthday Frederick Buechner, American Clergyman 1926 Birthday Elisabeth Kubler-Ross, American 1926 Birthday John Dingell, American Politician 1926 Birthday Neal A. Maxwell, American Clergyman 1926 Birthday Paul Berg, American Scientist 1926 Birthday Conrad Hall, American Artist 1926 Birthday Roscoe Bartlett, American Politician 1926 Birthday Robert Jay Lifton, American Psychologist 1926 Birthday George C. Williams, American Scientist 1926 Birthday James S. Coleman, American Sociologist 1926 Death Bessie Coleman, American Aviator 1926 Birthday Gil Kane, American Artist 1926 Birthday John Clellon Holmes, American Writer 1926 Birthday Murray Rothbard, American Economist 1926 Birthday Bob Richards, American Athlete 1926 Birthday Ken Olsen, American Businessman 1926 Birthday Neal Cassady, American Writer 1926 Birthday Shelley Berman, Chicago, comedian, Son of Blob, Love American Style 1926 Birthday Miguel Cardinal Obando y Bravo, 1st Cent American cardinal, Nicaragua 1926 Birthday Newton N. Minow, American Lawyer 1925 Birthday Paul Kurtz, American Philosopher 1925 Birthday Robert Kennedy, American Politician 1925 Event American Association for Advancement of Atheism forms (NY) 1925 Birthday Howard H. Baker, Jr., American Politician 1925 Birthday Jan Wolkers, Dutch sculptor/novelist, Brief American 1925 Birthday Warren M. Christopher, American diplomat and lawyer 1925 Birthday Frank D Gilroy, American writer, Subject Was Roses 1925 Death Christy Mathewson, American Athlete 1925 Birthday Bill Dixon, American Musician 1925 Birthday B. B. King, American Musician 1925 Birthday Forrest Carter, American Writer 1925 Birthday Donald Justice, American Poet 1925 Birthday Medgar Evers, American Activist 1925 Event 57th Belmont: Albert Johnson aboard American Flag wins in 2:16.8 1925 Death Thomas R. Marshall, American Politician 1925 Birthday Tony Hillerman, American Author 1925 Birthday Malcom X, American Clergyman 1925 Death Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier 1925 Birthday Yogi Berra, American Athlete 1925 Birthday John Ehrlichman, American Politician 1925 Death Walter Camp, father of American football, dies at 65 1925 Birthday Harry Harrison, American Author 1925 Event Swain's Island (near American Samoa) annexed by U.S. 1925 Birthday James E. Burke, American Businessman 1925 Birthday Samuel Dash, American Lawyer 1925 Birthday Virginia Johnson, American Psychologist 1925 Birthday Jack Lemon, American Actor 1925 Death George Washington Cable, American Novelist 1925 Birthday Douglas Engelbart, American Inventor 1925 Birthday John DeLorean, American Businessman 1924 Birthday Dan Devine, American Coach 1924 Death Samuel Gompers, organizer (American Federation of Labor), dies at 74 1924 Birthday Ed Koch, American Politician 1924 Birthday Frank Press, American Scientist 1924 Death Florence Harding, American First Lady 1924 Birthday Joy Page, American Actress 1924 Birthday Lee Iacocca, American Businessman 1924 Birthday Jose Donoso, born in Chile, writer, born Jose Donoso Yanez, part of Latin American literary boom, Magical Realism literary movement, wrote Coronacion, El lugar sin limites (The Place Without Limits) 1924 Birthday Frederic Morton, American Writer 1924 Birthday Daniel Akaka, American Politician 1924 Birthday Russell M. Nelson, American Clergyman 1924 Birthday Grace Metalious, American Novelist 1924 Birthday Daniel Inouye, American Politician 1924 Birthday Walter Wager, American Novelist 1924 Birthday Buddy Hackett, American Comedian 1924 Birthday Jack Buck, American Celebrity 1924 Birthday James A. Baldwin, American Author 1924 Birthday William H. Gass, American Novelist 1924 Birthday Brett Somers, born in Canada, American actress, singer, comedienne, game show panelist 1924 Event Snyder Act: U.S. citizenship granted to all American Indians 1924 Death Candy Cummings, American Athlete 1924 Birthday Tim Flock, American Celebrity 1924 Death G. Stanley Hall, American Psychologist 1924 Birthday Nina Foch, born in Leiden, Netherlands, actress, American in Paris 1924 Death Louis Sullivan, American Architect 1924 Birthday Jack T. Chick, American Cartoonist 1924 Birthday Jack Chick, American Cartoonist 1924 Birthday Kenneth Noland, American Artist 1924 Birthday Charles Guggenheim, American Director 1924 Birthday Sarah Vaughan, American Musician 1924 Birthday Allen Neuharth, American Businessman 1924 Birthday William Hedgcock Webster, American Public Servant 1924 Birthday Lloyd Alexander, born in Pennsylvania, American author, wrote children's fantasy novels, 'Cricket' magazine creator 1924 Birthday Frank Lautenberg, American Politician 1924 Birthday J. J. Johnson, American Musician 1924 Birthday Max Roach, born in North Carolina, American jazz percussionist, drummer, composer 1923 Birthday Freeman Dyson, American Physicist 1923 Birthday Ted Stevens, American Politician 1923 Birthday Alan Shepard, American Astronaut 1923 Birthday Jack Kilby, American Scientist 1923 Birthday Denise Levertov, American poet/essayist, Joy Beneath the Skin 1923 Birthday Charlton Heston, born in Illinois, American actor in film, theater, television, awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom 1923 Birthday Bum Phillips, American Coach 1923 Birthday Sam Rivers, American Musician 1923 Event 1st American to swim English Channel, Henry Sullivan 1923 Birthday Bob Dole, American Politician 1923 Birthday Robert J. Dole, American Politician 1923 Birthday Mari Evans, American Poet 1923 Birthday Peter Gay, American Historian 1923 Birthday Virginia C. Andrews, American Author 1923 Birthday Sumner Redstone, American Businessman 1923 Birthday Karl Hess, American Writer 1923 Birthday Merton Miller, American Economist 1923 Birthday Bea Arthur, American Actress 1923 Birthday Percy Heath, American Musician 1923 Death Knute Nelson, American Politician 1923 Birthday Bettie Page, born in Nashville, Tennessee, American fetish and pin-up model, 'Playboy' playmate 1923 Birthday Manon H E Alving, Dutch actress, Short American 1923 Birthday James L. Buckley, American Politician 1923 Birthday Doc Watson, American Musician 1923 Death Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist 1923 Event United States signs friendship treaty with Central American countries 1923 Birthday Norman Mailer, born in New Jersey, American novelist, poet, playwright, film director, wrote 40 books and 11 novels 1923 Birthday Larry Buchanan, American Director 1923 Birthday Paddy Chayefsky, American Dramatist 1923 Birthday Anthony Hecht, American Poet 1923 Birthday Ira Hayes, American Soldier 1923 Birthday Carroll Shelby, American Designer 1923 Birthday Joseph Weizenbaum, American Educator 1923 Birthday Hank Stram, American Athlete 1923 Death Willie Keeler, American Athlete 1922 Birthday William Gaddis, American Novelist 1922 Birthday Abe Lemons, American Coach 1922 Death Thomas Nelson Page, American Writer 1922 Death George Cadbury, American Businessman 1922 Death Lyman Abbott, American Author 1922 Birthday Burke Marshall, American Lawyer 1922 Birthday Damon Knight, American Writer 1922 Birthday Lyndon LaRouche, American presidental candidate, 1980 1922 Birthday Frank Kelly Freas, American Writer 1922 Birthday Howard Zinn, American Historian 1922 Birthday Thomas Kuhn, American Writer 1922 Birthday John W. Vessey, Jr., American Soldier 1922 Birthday Hal Clement, American Writer 1922 Birthday Lou Duva, American Coach 1922 Birthday Joseph Stefano, American Writer 1922 Birthday Alan Perlis, American Scientist 1922 Birthday Joe Gold, American Businessman 1922 Birthday Harold E. Hughes, American Politician 1922 Event American Pro Football Association renamed "National Football League" 1922 Birthday Fritz Hollings, American Politician 1921 Death P. B. S. Pinchback, American Politician 1921 Birthday John Lindsay, American Politician 1921 Birthday Jim Garrison, American Public Servant 1921 Event National Birth Control League and Voluntary Parenthood League merge as American Birth Control League 1921 Death Bat Masterson, American Explorer 1921 Birthday Constance Baker Motley, American Activist 1921 Birthday Kenneth Joseph Arrow, American Economist 1921 Birthday Elaine Dundy, born in New York, American novelist, biographer, journalist, actress, playwright 1921 Birthday Whitney M. Young, American Activist 1921 Death Edgar Saltus, American Writer 1921 Birthday Rosalyn S. Yalow, American Scientist 1921 Birthday Harvey Ball, American Celebrity 1921 Birthday Howell Heflin, American Politician 1921 Birthday Jack Steinberger, American Physicist 1921 Birthday James Blish, American Author 1921 Birthday Daniel Berrigan, American Clergyman 1921 Event American Soccer League forms 1921 Event American Professional Football Association reorganizes in Akron 1921 Birthday Ada Louise Huxtable, American Critic 1921 Birthday Betty Hutton, born in Michigan, American film actress, singer, 'Greatest Show on Earth' 1921 Birthday John Rawls, American Educator 1921 Birthday Rodger Ward, American Celebrity 1920 Event Bob Hope became an American citizen 1920 Birthday George Schultz, American Public Servant 1920 Birthday Ricardo Montalban, born in Mexico, American radio, television, film actor, Mr. Roarke in 'Fantasy Island' television show 1920 Birthday Jerome Richardson, American Musician 1920 Event American Pro Football League's Chicago Tiger Joe Guyon punts 95 yards 1920 Birthday Douglass North, American Economist 1920 Birthday Frank Herbert, American Writer 1920 Event NFL (then American Pro Football Association) plays 1st games 1920 Birthday Mickey Rooney, American Actor 1920 Birthday Roger Angell, American Writer 1920 Event National Football League organizes in Canton Ohio 12 teams pay $100 each to join American Professional Football Association 1920 Birthday Lawrence R. Klein, American Economist 1920 Birthday Ray Bradbury, American Writer 1920 Event Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League 1920 Birthday Anatole Broyard, American Critic 1920 Birthday Gordon Gould, American Physicist 1920 Birthday Eliseo Diego, latin American poet 1920 Birthday Eiji Okada, actor, Traffic Jam, Yakuza, Ugly American 1920 Birthday John Harsanyi, American Educator 1920 Death Eleanor Porter, American Novelist 1920 Birthday Jeff Cooper, American Celebrity 1920 Birthday Frank Perdue, American Businessman 1920 Event American Professional Football Association forms (NFL) 1920 Birthday Thomas Szasz, American Psychologist 1920 Birthday Lawrence Sanders, American Novelist 1920 Birthday John Cardinal O'Connor, American Clergyman 1920 Birthday James L. Farmer, Jr., American Activist 1920 Birthday William Colby, American Public Servant 1920 Birthday Issac Asimov, American Writer 1919 Birthday Jim Murray, American Journalist 1919 Birthday James Patrick Murray, American Journalist 1919 Event American Meteorological Society found 1919 Birthday Jocelyn Brando, San Francisco, actress, Ugly American 1919 Event American Legion's 1st national convention (Minneapolis) 1919 Death Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American Writer 1919 Birthday Kathleen Winsor, American Author 1919 Event American Legion incorporated by an act of Congress 1919 Event John Reed forms American Communist Labor Party in Chicago 1919 Birthday George C. Wallace, American Politician 1919 Birthday William Kunstler, American Activist,defense attorney, Chicago 8 1919 Birthday Robert Merrill, American Musician 1919 Birthday Huston Smith, American Theologian 1919 Death Henry J. Heinz, American Businessman 1919 Birthday Daniel Bell, American Sociologist 1919 Birthday Madalyn Murray O'Hair, American atheist, opppsed prayer in school 1919 Event American Legion forms (Paris) 1919 Birthday Buck Baker, American Celebrity 1919 Event American Association for Hard of Hearing forms (New York City) 1919 Event American Legion organizes in Paris 1919 Birthday Fred Korematsu, American Celebrity 1919 Birthday J. D. Salinger, American Novelist, Catcher in the Rye 1918 Death George H. White, American Politician 1918 Birthday Donald T. Regan, American Public Servant 1918 Event American Jewish Congress holds its 1st meeting 1918 Birthday Madeleine L'Engle, born in New York City, American writer, known for "A Wrinkle in Time" 1918 Birthday Spiro T. Agnew, American Politician 1918 Birthday Harry Walker, American Athlete 1918 Birthday E. Howard Hunt, born in New York, American author, Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) spy, involved in Watergate 1918 Birthday Henry M. Morris, American Celebrity 1918 Birthday Norman Granz, American Musician 1918 Birthday Paul D. Boyer, American Scientist 1918 Birthday Pee Wee Reese, American Athlete 1918 Event 1st airplane bombing raid by an American unit, France 1918 Birthday Edward B. Lewis, American Scientist 1918 Birthday Richard P. Feynman, American Physicist 1918 Birthday Jack Morpurgo, American Literature scholar, Leeds University 1918 Birthday Flora Lewis, American Journalist 1918 Event House of Representatives accepts American Creed written by William Tyler 1918 Birthday Frederick Reines, American Physicist 1918 Event American Red Magen David (Jewish Red Cross) forms 1918 Birthday James Tobin, American Economist 1918 Birthday Ernie Harwell, American Celebrity 1918 Birthday John H. Johnson, American Businessman 1918 Birthday Jeane Dixon, American 1917 Event Federal government took over operation of American RR for duration of WW I 1917 Birthday Rose Mary Woods, American Celebrity 1917 Birthday Alicia Alonso, Havana Cuba, ballerina, American Ballet Theatre 1917 Birthday David Bohm, American Scientist 1917 Birthday James Rainwater, American Scientist 1917 Death John W. Foster, American Soldier 1917 Birthday Jo Stafford, born in California, American pop and jazz singer, pioneer of modern musical parody 1917 Birthday Lloyd Cutler, American Lawyer 1917 Birthday Lloyd Norton Cutler, American Lawyer 1917 Birthday Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., born in Ohio, American historian, author, democratic activist, Pulitzer prize recipient 1917 Birthday Walter Lord, American Author 1917 Birthday William P. Bundy, American Historian 1917 Birthday Red Auerbach, American Coach 1917 Birthday June Foray, American Actress 1917 Birthday Jessica Mitford, author, American Way of Death 1917 Birthday Jacob Lawrence, American Artist 1917 Birthday Malcolm S. Forbes, American Publisher 1917 Birthday Caspar Weinberger, American Public Servant 1917 Birthday William Scranton, American Politician 1917 Birthday J. F. Powers, American Novelist 1917 Death William Henry Moody, American Politician 1917 Birthday Katherine Graham, American Publisher 1917 Birthday Irving Penn, American Photographer 1917 Event American men begin registering for the draft 1917 Birthday William Standish Knowles, American Scientist 1917 Event Leo Pinckney, 1st American drafted during WW I 1917 Death Belva Lockwood, American Lawyer 1917 Birthday Cyrus Vance, American Statesman 1917 Birthday H C Allen, American historian 1917 Birthday Leslie Fiedler, American Critic 1917 Birthday Will Eisner, American Cartoonist 1917 Birthday Sidney Sheldon, born in Chicago, American writer, Academy-Award winner, crime fiction novelist 1917 Birthday Vernon A. Walters, American Soldier 1916 Birthday Morrie Schwartz, American Educator 1916 Birthday Kirk Douglas, American Actor 1916 Birthday Howard Finster, American Artist 1916 Birthday Shelby Foote, American Author 1916 Death Percival Lowell, American Scientist 1916 Birthday Bob Kane, American Artist 1916 Birthday C. Everett Koop, American Public Servant 1916 Birthday George Sidney, American Director 1916 Event 1st Native American Day celebrated, honoring American Indians 1916 Death Seth Low, American Educator 1916 Birthday Wellington Mara, American Businessman 1916 Birthday Elizabeth Hardwick, American literary critic, novelist, author, co-founded The New York Review of Books 1916 Birthday Virginia Satir, American Psychologist 1916 Birthday Herbert Simon, American Scientist 1916 Birthday Gaylord Nelson, American Politician 1916 Death James J. Hill, American Businessman 1916 Birthday C. Wright Mills, American Sociologist 1916 Event 1st observance of Indian (Native American) Day 1916 Event Native American Day is 1st observed 1916 Birthday Dorothy Salisbury Davis, American Writer 1916 Birthday Beverly Cleary, American Author 1916 Death Cole Younger, American Criminal 1916 Birthday Dinah Shore, American Actress 1916 Birthday Bill Doggett, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, organist, musician, American jazz and rhythm and blues pianist, hit Honky Tonk, recorded with King Records, sold four million copies, arranged music for Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald 1916 Birthday Jay McShann, American Musician 1915 Birthday Robert A. Dahl, American Writer 1915 Birthday Kenneth Millar, American Writer 1915 Birthday Billy Strayhorn, American Composer 1915 Death Booker T. Washington, American Educator 1915 Event Theodore W. Richards is 1st American to win Nobel Prize in chemistry 1915 Birthday Philip Morrison, American Scientist 1915 Death Edith Cavell, American Public Servant 1915 Birthday Jerome Bruner, American Psychologist 1915 Birthday Richard Kerry, American Diplomat 1915 Death Ellen G. White, American Writer 1915 Death Ellen White, American Writer 1915 Birthday Jerome Lawrence, American Playwright 1915 Birthday Margaret Walker, American Poet 1915 Birthday Ruth Warrick, American Musician 1915 Death Thomas Jordan Jarvis, American Politician 1915 Birthday John Tukey, American Scientist 1915 Birthday David Rockefeller, American Businessman 1915 Birthday Bart Howard, American Composer 1915 Birthday Joseph Greenberg, American Writer 1915 Birthday Leon Shenandoah, native American leader 1915 Birthday Paul Samuelson, American Economist 1915 Birthday Theodore White, American Journalist 1915 Birthday Marvin J. Ashton, American Clergyman 1915 Death John Bunny, American Actor 1915 Birthday Garrett Hardin, American Environmentalist 1915 Death Nelson W. Aldrich, American Politician 1915 Death Frederick W. Taylor, American Scientist 1915 Death Frank James, American Criminal 1915 Death Fanny Crosby, American Musician 1915 Birthday Alan Lomax, American Writer 1915 Birthday John Lilly, American Scientist 1915 Birthday Jack Levine, American Artist 1914 Birthday Richard Widmark, born in Minnesota, American actor in films, theater, radio, television 1914 Death John Muir, American Environmentalist 1914 Birthday O. Winston Link, American Photographer 1914 Birthday Henry Wade, American Lawyer 1914 Birthday James Laughlin, American Poet 1914 Birthday John Berryman, American poet, Friends and Associates 1914 Birthday Martin Gardner, Scientific American math and puzzles columnist 1914 Event ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) founded 1914 Birthday William Allen Egan, American Politician 1914 Birthday Daniel J. Boorstin, American Historian 1914 Death Richard W. Sears, American Businessman 1914 Birthday Dixie Lee Ray, American Politician 1914 Birthday Tom Glazer, American Musician 1914 Birthday Paul Rand, American Designer 1914 Birthday Hugh Martin, American Composer 1914 Birthday Irwin Corey, American Actor 1914 Birthday John Hersey, American Writer 1914 Event American Horseshoe Pitchers Association organizes in Kansas City 1914 Birthday Edward T. Hall, American Scientist 1914 Birthday Randall Jarrell, American Poet 1914 Birthday James Rouse, American Businessman 1914 Birthday Edmund S. Muskie, American Politician 1914 Birthday Sammy Baugh, born in Texas, American football player, coach, inducted into Pro Football Hall of Fame 1914 Birthday Martin Ritt, American Actor 1914 Birthday Ralph Ellison, American Author 1914 Birthday Malcolm Wilson, American Politician 1914 Death Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier 1914 Event American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York City 1914 Birthday William S. Burroughs, American Writer 1914 Birthday William Stafford, American Poet 1913 Birthday Ad Reinhardt, American Artist 1913 Birthday George Smathers, born in New Jersey, American lawyer, politician, U.S. Senator from Florida 1913 Birthday James Broughton, American Director 1913 Birthday Karl Shapiro, American Poet 1913 Birthday James Jarrell Pickle, American Politician 1913 Birthday Albert Ellis, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, American psychologist, developed Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy 1913 Birthday Henry Dreyfus Brant, Montreal Canada, composer, Great American Goot 1913 Birthday John N. Mitchell, American Politician 1913 Birthday Paul Bryant, American Coach 1913 Death Henry Billings Brown, American Judge 1913 Birthday Robert Mondavi, born in Minnesota, American vintner, marketer, attracted worldwide recognition for Napa Valley wines 1913 Birthday William Reddington Hewlett, American Businessman 1913 Death Henry Flagler, American Businessman 1913 Birthday Bruce Palmer, Jr., American Soldier 1913 Birthday Richard M. Helms, American Celebrity 1913 Birthday Karl Malden, born in Chicago, actor, Mike-Streets of SF, American Express 1913 Birthday Tom McCall, American Politician 1913 Birthday Lew Wasserman, American Producer 1913 Birthday Lee Petty, American Celebrity 1913 Event William Knox, becomes 1st in American Bowling Congress to bowl 300 1913 Birthday Frank Tashlin, American Artist 1913 Death Joaquin Miller, American Poet 1913 Birthday Rosa Parks, American Activist 1913 Birthday Tillie Olsen, born in Nebraska, writer, considered the first generation of American feminists 1912 Birthday Doris Duke, New York City, heiress, American Tobacco Co 1912 Birthday Claudia Johnson, American First Lady 1912 Birthday Thomas P. O'Neill, American Politician 1912 Birthday Pappy Boyington, American Soldier 1912 Event American College of Surgeons incorporates in Springield, Ill 1912 Birthday Doris Duke, New York City, multi-millionaire, American Tobacco heiress 1912 Death John P. Jones, American Politician 1912 Birthday Harry Callahan, American Photographer 1912 Birthday Don Byas, American Musician 1912 Birthday John W. Gardner, American Educator 1912 Birthday Clifton Daniel, American Editor 1912 Birthday Edward M. Purcell, American Scientist 1912 Birthday Gene Kelly, born in Pittsburgh. Pennsylvania, dancer and actor, 'An American in Paris', 'Singin' in the Rain' 1912 Birthday David R. Brower, American Environmentalist 1912 Birthday Kenneth L. Pike, American Sociologist 1912 Birthday Arthur Berger, American Composer 1912 Birthday May Sarton, American Poet 1912 Birthday David F. Powers, American Politician 1912 Event Pan American Union forms 1912 Death Clara Barton, organizer (American Red Cross), dies at 90 1912 Birthday Harry Hay, American Celebrity 1912 Birthday Dorothy Height, American Activist 1912 Birthday Andre Norton, American Writer 1912 Birthday Francis Schaeffer, American Theologian 1911 Death John Bigelow, American Lawyer 1911 Birthday Lee J. Cobb, American Actor 1911 Birthday Walt Alston, American Athlete 1911 Event Opera "Lobetanz" 1st American performance 1911 Death Joseph Pulitzer, American newspaperman, dies in Charleston, SC 1911 Birthday Mahalia Jackson, American Musician 1911 Death Roger Q. Mills, American Politician 1911 Birthday John Archibald Wheeler, born in Florida, American theoretical physicist, coined terms black hole, wormhole 1911 Birthday Czeslaw Milosz, Polish/American writer, Bells in Winter, Nobel 1980 1911 Birthday William Howard Stein, American Scientist 1911 Death George Dorsey, American Politician 1911 Death Carry Amelia Moore Nation, American temperance leader, dies 1911 Birthday Hubert H. Humphrey, American Politician 1911 Birthday Clark Kerr, American Economist 1911 Birthday George Seaton, American Playwright 1911 Birthday Ivan Allen, American Politician 1911 Death Sam Walter Foss, American Poet 1911 Death David Graham Phillips, American Journalist 1910 Birthday Paul Bowles, American Composer 1910 Birthday Charles Olson, American Poet 1910 Death John LaFarge, American Artist 1910 Birthday Carroll Quigley, American Writer 1910 Birthday Gus Hall, American Businessman 1910 Birthday Kitty Carlisle, born in Louisiana, American singer, spokeswoman for the arts, actress, 'To Tell The Truth' panelist 1910 Birthday Morris Graves, American Artist 1910 Death William James, American Philosopher 1910 Birthday William H. Schuman, born in New York City, composer, American Festival Overture, Juilliard 1910 Birthday Irving R. Kaufman, American Judge 1910 Birthday Edward P. Morgan, American Journalist 1910 Birthday Abe Fortas, American Judge 1910 Death O. Henry, American Writer 1910 Birthday Franz Kline, American Artist 1910 Birthday Eric Berne, American Psychologist 1910 Birthday J. Allen Hynek, American Scientist 1910 Birthday Vincente Minnelli, born in Chicago, Illinois, director, American in Paris, Gigi 1910 Birthday William Shockley, American Physicist 1910 Birthday David Lavender, American Historian 1910 Birthday Dizzy Dean, American Athlete 1910 Birthday Gabe Paul, American Businessman 1909 Death Frederic Remington, American Artist 1909 Birthday Edward Lawrie Tatum, American Scientist 1909 Birthday Karen Morley, American Actress 1909 Birthday James Agee, American author, African Queen, Death in Family 1909 Birthday Peter Drucker, American Businessman 1909 Death Henry Charles Lea, American Historian 1909 Birthday Herbert Lawrence Block, American Cartoonist 1909 Death Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Lester Young, American Musician 1909 Event SOS 1st used by an American ship, Arapahoe, off Cape Hatteras, NC 1909 Birthday John Baur, museum director/author, American Paintings in 19th Century 1909 Birthday Arnold Shaw, born in America, composer, songwriter, music business executive for Leeds Music Corporation, later MCA, wrote book on Harry Belafonte, series on 20th century American music 1909 Birthday Shawn Fanning, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Jayson Blair, American Journalist 1909 Birthday J. Irwin Miller, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Sibel Edmonds, American Public Servant 1909 Birthday Mary Cheney, American Celebrity 1909 Birthday Scott McClellan, American Politician 1909 Birthday Rich Lowry, American Editor 1909 Birthday Jeff Vandermeer, American Writer 1909 Birthday Laura Hillenbrand, American Author 1909 Birthday Matt Gonzalez, American Politician 1909 Birthday Augusten Burroughs, American Writer 1909 Birthday Michel Gondry, American Writer 1909 Birthday Melinda Gates, American Clergyman 1909 Birthday Ted Rall, American Cartoonist 1909 Birthday David Brock, American Author 1909 Birthday Eleanor Mondale, American Actress 1909 Birthday Scott McCloud, American Cartoonist 1909 Birthday Jeffrey Eugenides, American Novelist 1909 Birthday Fawn Hall, American Celebrity 1909 Birthday Ron Suskind, American Journalist 1909 Birthday Paul Farmer, American Educator 1909 Birthday Robert Kagan, American Writer 1909 Birthday Terry McAuliffe, American Politician 1909 Birthday Karen Finley, American Artist 1909 Birthday Tom Bodett, American Author 1909 Birthday Guy Kawasaki, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Rick Warren, American Writer 1909 Birthday Tom Cora, American Musician 1909 Birthday Edwin H. Land, American Inventor 1909 Birthday Ricardo Sanchez, American Soldier 1909 Birthday Howard Schultz, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Roger Stone, American Politician 1909 Birthday Terry Gross, American Journalist 1909 Birthday Andrew Heyward, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Mitch Kapor, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Lee Scott, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Tom Joyner, American Celebrity 1909 Birthday Larry Harvey, American Celebrity 1909 Birthday Terry Goodkind, American Writer 1909 Birthday Michael Porter, American Educator 1909 Birthday Richard Grasso, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Mack McLarty, American Politician 1909 Birthday James Sanborn, American Sculptor 1909 Birthday Shirley Franklin, American Politician 1909 Birthday Terry Semel, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Nicholas Negroponte, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Laurence Tribe, American Lawyer 1909 Birthday Willie Herenton, American Politician 1909 Birthday Adam Clymer, American Journalist 1909 Birthday James R. Bath, American Businessman 1909 Birthday Paul Crouch, American Clergyman 1909 Birthday Joe Arpaio, American Public Servant 1909 Birthday Alice Rivlin, American Economist 1909 Birthday Sheri S. Tepper, American Author 1909 Death Hilton Kramer, American Critic 1909 Birthday Hutton Gibson, American Writer 1909 Birthday Joseph Force Crater, American Judge 1909 Birthday David Dean Rusk, American Politician 1909 Birthday Saul Alinsky, American Activist 1908 Birthday Willard Libby, American Scientist 1908 Birthday Elliot Carter, American Composer 1908 Birthday Elliott Carter, American Composer 1908 Birthday Alfred Day Hershey, American Scientist 1908 Birthday Harrison Salisbury, American Journalist 1908 Birthday Harry A. Blackmun, American Judge 1908 Birthday Kay Thompson, American Author 1908 Birthday Martha Gellhorn, American Journalist 1908 Death Charles Eliot Norton, American Writer 1908 Birthday Carole Lombard, American Actress 1908 Birthday Lyndon B. Johnson, American President 1908 Birthday Al Lopez, American Coach 1908 Birthday Minor White, American Photographer 1908 Birthday Nelson Rockefeller, American Vice President 1908 Birthday M. F. K. Fisher, American Writer 1908 Birthday John Hench, American Artist 1908 Birthday Joe Grant, American Artist 1908 Birthday Morris Kline, American Writer 1908 Birthday George Oppen, American Poet 1908 Birthday Louis L'Amour, American Author 1908 Birthday Edward Lansdale, general/model, Quiet American, Ugly American 1907 Birthday Cab Calloway, American Musician 1907 Birthday I. F. Stone, American Journalist 1907 Birthday James Roosevelt, American Politician 1907 Birthday John Sloan Dickey, American Diplomat 1907 Birthday Henriette Wyeth, 1st lady of american art 1907 Birthday Leo Castelli, Trieste, American art dealer 1907 Birthday Melvin Belli, American Lawyer 1907 Birthday Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer 1907 Birthday Charles Eames, American Designer 1907 Event -27 degrees F (-33 degrees C), Sarmiento, Argentina (South American record) 1907 Birthday Fred Zinnemann, American Director 1907 Birthday Stephen Longstreet, American writer, All or Nothing 1907 Birthday Lucia Chase, U.S. ballerina/co-founder, American Ballet Theater 1907 Birthday James M. Gavin, American Scientist 1907 Event Charles Curtis of Kansas becomes 1st Native American U.S. senator 1907 Birthday Paul Nitze, American Writer 1906 Event 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI 1906 Birthday Oscar Levant, Pittsburgh, actor, American in Paris, Dance of Life 1906 Birthday Clark M. Clifford, American Public Servant 1906 Event President Theodore Roosevelt (1st American) awarded Nobel Peace Prize 1906 Event NY American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed U.S. Senate commission on the Congo 1906 Birthday Louise Brooks, silent screen star, American Venus, Pandora's Box 1906 Birthday Alfred Whitney Griswold, born in Morristown, New Jersey, American historian and educator, President of Yale 1951 - 1963 1906 Birthday Franklin Garrett, American Historian 1906 Birthday John Coolidge, American Celebrity 1906 Birthday Nelson Goodman, American Philosopher 1906 Birthday Diana Vreeland, American Editor 1906 Birthday Marston Bates, American Scientist 1906 Birthday Satchel Paige, American Athlete, baseball pitcher, never look back 1906 Birthday Max A. Zorn, American Mathematician 1906 Birthday Dale Messick, American Artist 1906 Birthday Richard L. Evans, American Clergyman 1906 Birthday Henny Youngman, American Comedian, "Take my wife - please" 1906 Death Susan B[rownell] Anthony, American suffragist, dies at 85 1906 Death Susan B. Anthony, American Activist 1906 Event Nora Blatch is 1st woman elected to American Soc of Civil Engineers 1906 Birthday Henry Roth, born in Galicia, Austro-Hungary, writer, short story writer, novelist, Call It Sleep considered masterpiece of Jewish American literature 1906 Birthday Anya Seton, American Writer 1906 Birthday Robert E. Howard, American Writer 1906 Event 1st radio set advertised (Telimco for $7.50 in Scientific American) claimed to receive signals up to one mile 1905 Event 120 degrees F (49 degrees C), Rivadavia, Argentina (South American record) 1905 Birthday Leon Jaworski, American Public Servant 1905 Birthday Carl D. Anderson, American Scientist 1905 Birthday Stanley Kunitz, American Poet 1905 Birthday John Minor Wisdom, American Judge 1905 Death Joseph Jefferson, American Artist 1905 Birthday Stanley Marcus, American Businessman 1905 Death John H. Reagan, American Politician 1905 Death Lew Wallace, American Soldier 1905 Death Jay Cooke, American Businessman 1905 Birthday Barnett Newman, American Artist 1904 Birthday Cedric Belfrage, American Sociologist 1904 Birthday A. J. Liebling, born in New York City, New York, American journalist and writer 1904 Birthday Lester Dent, American Writer 1904 Event 1st monument honoring Spanish American War erected (Monroeville Ohio) 1904 Birthday Christopher Isherwood, American Author 1904 Birthday Count Basie, American Musician 1904 Birthday Ralph Bunche, American Diplomat 1904 Birthday Clifford D. Simak, American Writer 1904 Birthday Peter Lorre, Hungarian American, actor, M, Casablanca, Beast with 5 Fingers 1904 Event American Ion Perdicaris kidnapped in Morocco 1904 Event American Lung Association holds its 1st meeting 1904 Event American Academy of Arts and Letters forms 1904 Birthday Bob Bartlett, American Politician 1904 Birthday B. F. Skinner, American Psychologist 1904 Death Marcus A. Hanna, American Politician 1904 Event American occupation of Cuba ends 1903 Event American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans 1903 Birthday Earl Hines, American Musician 1903 Birthday Joseph Cornell, American Sculptor 1903 Birthday Haldan Keffer Hartline, American Scientist 1903 Birthday George D. Snell, American Scientist 1903 Birthday Ella Baker, American Activist 1903 Birthday Curly Howard, American Actor 1903 Birthday Nathanael West, American novelist, Day of the Locusts 1903 Birthday Joe Valachi, American Celebrity 1903 Event Federation of American Motorcyclists organized in NY 1903 Death Frederick Law Olmsted, American Architect 1903 Birthday Marvin Bower, American Businessman 1903 Death James Whistler, American Artist 1903 Birthday Ben Pollack, American Musician 1903 Birthday Al Hirschfeld, American Cartoonist 1903 Birthday Lou Gehrig, American Athlete, 1st baseman, New York Yankees 1903 Birthday Alonzo Church, American Mathematician 1903 Birthday Harold Grange, American Athlete 1903 Birthday Marcia Davenport, American Author 1903 Birthday Cool Papa Bell, American Athlete 1903 Birthday Frank Belknap Long, American writer, Rim of the Unknown 1903 Event American Power Boat Association forms 1903 Birthday Waverley Lewis Root, American Journalist 1903 Event American Hotel opens in Amsterdam 1903 Birthday Fairfax Cone, American Businessman 1903 Event Baseball's National and American Leagues make peace 1902 Birthday Mortimer Adler, American Philosopher 1902 Birthday Joe Adonis, Italy, American crime-syndicate boss in New York and New Jersey 1902 Death Thomas Reed, American Politician 1902 Birthday Eugene Wigner, American Physicist 1902 Birthday Elizabeth Gray Vining, American Writer 1902 Birthday Esther Ralston, Bar Harbor ME, American Venus/actress, Old Ironsides 1902 Death Horace Gray, American Judge 1902 Birthday Harry Bridges, American Activist 1902 Birthday George H. Fallon, American Politician 1902 Birthday Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American Politician 1902 Birthday George Gaylord Simpson, American Scientist 1902 Birthday Meredith Willson, American Composer 1902 Birthday Richard J. Daley, American Politician 1902 Birthday David O. Selznick, American Producer 1902 Death Bret Harte, American Author 1902 Birthday W. Clement Stone, American Businessman 1902 Birthday Theodore William Schultz, American Economist 1902 Death Frank Richard Stockton, American Writer 1902 Birthday Bobby Jones, American Athlete 1902 Event American Automobile Association, AAA, founded in Cleveland, Ohio 1902 Birthday Norman Maclean, American Author 1902 Birthday Carl Rogers, American Psychologist 1901 Birthday Tibor Serly, Losonc Hungary, violinist and composer, American Elegy 1901 Birthday William S. Paley, American Businessman 1901 Event President William McKinley, shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at Pan American Exposition in Buffalo NY, he dies 8th days later 1901 Birthday Ernest Lawrence, American Scientist 1901 Birthday Louis Armstrong, American Musician 1901 Event Hall of Fame for Great American on NYU campus dedicated 1901 Event Herb McFarland hit 1st grand slam in American League 1901 Event Erve Beck hits American League's 1st home run 1901 Birthday Whittaker Chambers, American Writer 1901 Birthday Carl Barks, American Artist 1901 Birthday Louis Kahn, American Architect 1901 Event 1st games played in baseball's American League 1901 Death Elisha Gray, American Inventor 1900 Birthday Helen Gahagan, American Actress 1900 Birthday Aaron Copland, American Composer 1900 Event Baltimore Orioles (now New York Yankees) enter baseball's American League 1900 Death Henry Villard, American Journalist 1900 Birthday W. Edwards Deming, American Scientist 1900 Birthday Thomas Wolfe, American novelist, Look Homeward Angel 1900 Birthday George Antheil, American Composer 1900 Birthday Norris Cotton, American Politician 1900 Birthday Charles Francis Richter, American Scientist 1900 Event 7 high chiefs of American Samoa sign Instrument of Cession 1900 Death Frank Hamilton Cushing, American Writer 1900 Birthday Howard Aiken, American Scientist 1900 Event American Hall of Fame found 1900 Birthday Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician 1900 Event American League organized in Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Indianapolis, Kansas City, Milwaukee and Minneapolis 1899 Death Dwight L. Moody, American Clergyman 1899 Birthday Tom C. Clark, American Politician 1899 Birthday Cyrus Rowlett Smith, American Businessman 1899 Birthday Ezra Taft Benson, American Leader 1899 Death Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer 1899 Death Richard Parks Bland, American Politician 1899 Birthday Weegee, American Photographer 1899 Birthday Arthur Fellig, American Photographer 1899 Birthday James S. McDonnell, American Businessman 1899 Birthday Alfred Blalock, American Inventor 1899 Event American Social Science Association incorporated by Congress 1899 Birthday Robert M. Hutchins, American Educator 1898 Birthday Millicent Carey McIntosh, American Educator 1898 Event American flag raised in Puerto Rico 1898 Birthday William O. Douglas, American Judge 1898 Birthday Brooks Hays, American Politician 1898 Death William Pepper, American Scientist 1898 Event Spanish American War-Spaniards surrender to U.S. at Santiago Cuba 1898 Event American troops captured deserted Wake Island 1898 Birthday Anthony McAuliffe, American Soldier 1898 Event American troops, drive Spanish forces from La Guasimas Cuba 1898 Birthday Helen B. Taussig, American Scientist 1898 Death Robert Purvis, American Activist 1898 Birthday Luther H. Hodges, American Politician 1898 Death Frances E. Willard, American Activist 1897 Birthday Herman J. Mankiewicz, American Writer 1897 Death Justin Winsor, American Writer 1897 Birthday Joseph Auslander, American Poet 1897 Birthday Nathan F. Twining, American Soldier 1897 Birthday Arthur C. Nielsen, American Businessman 1897 Birthday Fredric March, American Actor 1897 Birthday Ralph Wyckoff, American pioneer in x-ray crystallography 1897 Birthday Lloyd Goodrich, American Arts Museum director 1897 Birthday Benjamin Whorf, American 1897 Birthday Aiden Wilson Tozer, American Clergyman 1897 Event 1st American marathon ran, John J McDermott wins in 2:55:10 (Boston) 1897 Birthday Dorothy Arzner, American Director 1896 Birthday Eric Johnston, American Businessman 1896 Birthday Jimmy Doolittle, American Aviator 1896 Birthday Dawn Powell, American Writer 1896 Birthday Howard Dietz, American Musician 1896 Death Wyatt Eaton, artist, painter, portraitist, one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, dies from tuberculosis in Newport, Rhode Island 1896 Event 1st American intercollegiate bicycle race, Manhattan Beach NY 1896 Event 1st modern Olympic games open in Athens Greece, American, James Connolly, wins 1st Olympic gold medal in mod history 1896 Birthday Robert E. Sherwood, American Playwright 1896 Death Theodore Robinson, American Artist 1896 Birthday Frank Lane, American Businessman 1895 Birthday William Griffith Wilson, American Celebrity 1895 Birthday Michael Arlen, Armenia, English author, An American Verdict 1895 Birthday Charles MacArthur, American Playwright 1895 Birthday Lewis Mumford, American Sociologist 1895 Birthday Buster Keaton, American Actor 1895 Birthday George Raft, American Actor 1895 Event American Bowling Congress forms (New York City) 1895 Birthday Earl Long, American Politician 1895 Birthday Richard Cardinal Cushing, American Clergyman 1895 Birthday Benjamin E. Mays, American Educator 1895 Birthday R. Buckminster Fuller, American Inventor 1895 Event El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union 1895 Birthday Prescott Bush, American Politician 1895 Birthday Edmund Wilson, American critic/writer, Patriotic Gore 1895 Birthday Fulton J. Sheen, American Clergyman 1895 Death James Dwight Dana, American Scientist 1895 Birthday Dudley Nichols, American Screenwriter 1895 Birthday John J. McCloy, American Lawyer 1895 Birthday Babe Ruth, American Athlete, baseball legend 1895 Birthday Robert M. La Follette, American Politician 1895 Birthday George Halas, American Coach 1895 Birthday Laurens Hammond, American Inventor 1895 Birthday J. Edgar Hoover, American Public Servant 1894 Birthday James Thurber, American Comedian 1894 Death Joseph E. Brown, American Politician 1894 Birthday Henry Hazlitt, American Philosopher 1894 Death Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician 1894 Birthday Eugen Zador, Bataszek, Hungary, Hungarian/American composer, Diana 1894 Birthday E. Franklin Frazier, American Sociologist 1894 Birthday Arthur Freed, American Producer 1894 Birthday Charles Reznikoff, American Poet 1894 Birthday Warren Weaver, American Scientist 1894 Event American Railway Union under Eugene V Debs goes on strike 1894 Event American RR Union strikes Pullman Sleeping Car Co 1894 Birthday Lonnie Johnson, American Musician 1894 Birthday Walter Piston, American Composer 1894 Birthday Irving Mills, American Musician 1893 Birthday Harry Warren, American Composer 1893 Birthday Joseph Wood Krutch, American Environmentalist 1893 Death Lucy Stone, American Activist 1893 Birthday Huey Long, American Politician 1893 Death Edwin Booth, American Actor 1893 Birthday Norman Cota, American Soldier 1893 Birthday William Moulton Marston, American Psychologist 1893 Birthday Allen Dulles, American Public Servant 1893 Birthday James Bryant Conant, American Scientist 1892 Birthday J. Paul Getty, American Businessman 1892 Birthday Harold Ross, American Editor 1892 Birthday Arthur H. Compton, American Scientist 1892 Birthday Arthur Holly Compton, American Scientist 1892 Death John Greenleaf Whittier, American Poet 1892 Birthday Leverett Saltonstall, American Politician 1892 Death George William Curtis, American Author 1892 Event American Psychological Association organized, Worcester, Massacgysetts 1892 Birthday Djuna Barnes, American Novelist 1892 Birthday Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist 1892 Birthday Max Brand, American Writer 1892 Birthday Archibald McLeish, American Poet 1892 Birthday Richard Neutra, American Architect 1892 Birthday Marston Morse, American Mathematician 1892 Birthday James Van Fleet, American Soldier 1892 Death Alice James, American Writer 1892 Birthday Harry Stack Sullivan, American Psychologist 1892 Birthday Wendell L. Wilkie, American Lawyer 1892 Birthday Grant Wood, U.S., painter, American Gothic 1892 Birthday Robert H. Jackson, American Statesman 1891 Birthday John William McCormack, American Politician 1891 Birthday Leo Burnett, American Businessman 1891 Death Rooney Lee, American Soldier 1891 Birthday Frederick Kelly, American Athlete 1891 Event 1st travelers checks issued, American Express 1891 Event Henry James' "American," premieres in London 1891 Birthday Esther Forbes, American Author 1891 Birthday Maxwell Bodenheim, American Poet 1891 Death P. T. Barnum, American Entertainer 1891 Death Albert Pike, American Lawyer 1891 Death Lawrence Barrett, American Actor 1891 Birthday Elliot Paul, American Journalist 1891 Death George Bancroft, American Historian 1891 Birthday Louis A. Johnson, American Public Servant 1891 Birthday Zora Neale Hurston, American Dramatist 1890 Birthday Mark Tobey, American Artist 1890 Birthday Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President 1890 Event Daughters of American Revolution forms 1890 Death Catherine Booth, American Activist 1890 Birthday Allen J. Ellender, American Politician 1890 Birthday Colonel Sanders, American Celebrity 1890 Birthday H. P. Lovecraft, American Novelist 1890 Birthday Harry Hopkins, American Diplomat 1890 Event Daughters of American Revolution organizes 1890 Birthday Charles Edison, American Businessman 1890 Birthday Rose Kennedy, American Author 1890 Birthday Charles Erwin Wilson, American Businessman 1890 Death John Charles Fremont, American Soldier 1890 Birthday Frederick Lewis Allen, American Editor 1890 Event Pan American Day-1st conference of American states (Washington D.C.) 1890 Birthday Frank Murphy, American Politician 1890 Birthday Vannevar Bush, American Scientist 1890 Birthday George M. Humphrey, American Lawyer 1890 Birthday George Humphrey, American Lawyer 1890 Birthday Frederick M. Vinson, American Judge 1890 Death Francis Bowen, American Philosopher 1889 Birthday B. Carroll Reece, American Politician 1889 Event American Academy of Political and Social Science organized, Philadelphia 1889 Birthday Walter Knott, American Businessman 1889 Birthday Hervey Allen, American Author 1889 Birthday Edwin Powell Hubble, American Scientist 1889 Birthday George S. Kaufman, American Dramatist 1889 Birthday Smokey Joe Wood, American Athlete 1889 Event 1st Pan American conference (Washington D.C.) 1889 Death Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier 1889 Birthday Robert A. Taft, American Politician 1889 Event 1st American International pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI) 1889 Birthday George Kenney, American Soldier 1889 Birthday Shoeless Joe Jackson, American Athlete 1889 Birthday Francis Cardinal Spellman, American Clergyman 1889 Birthday Elsie Janis, American Musician 1889 Birthday H. L. Hunt, American Businessman, Texas oil multi-millionaire 1889 Birthday A. Philip Randolph, American Activist 1888 Birthday Matthew Heywood Campbell Broun, 1st President of American Newspaper Guild 1888 Birthday Richard E. Byrd, American Explorer 1888 Birthday Henry A. Wallace, American Vice President 1888 Birthday Joseph P. Kennedy, American Diplomat 1888 Birthday Antoinette Perry, American Actress 1888 Birthday Dennis Chavez, American Politician 1887 Event Opera "Trumpeter of Sackingen" 1st American production (New York City) 1887 Birthday Georgia O'Keeffe, American Artist 1887 Birthday Alf Landon, American Politician 1887 Birthday Edna Ferber, U.S., author, American Beauty, Cimarron 1887 Birthday Samuel E. Morison, American Historian 1887 Death Lysander Spooner, American Philosopher 1887 Birthday James Norman Hall, American Author 1887 Birthday Robert Quillen, American Journalist 1887 Birthday Fatty Arbuckle, American Comedian 1887 Death Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman 1887 Event American Protective Association forms (anti-Catholic) in Clinton Iowa 1887 Event American Trotting Association organized in Detroit 1887 Birthday Arthur Rubinstein, American Musician 1886 Death John A. Logan, American Soldier 1886 Event American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president 1886 Birthday Rose Wilder Lane, American Journalist 1886 Birthday Margaret Anderson, American Editor 1886 Birthday Bruce Barton, American Author 1886 Birthday Emmet Fox, American Author 1886 Birthday James Van Der Zee, American Photographer 1886 Birthday Francis Biddle, American Lawyer 1886 Birthday Edward Weston, American Photographer 1886 Birthday Hugo Black, American Judge 1886 Death Horatio Seymour, American Politician 1885 Birthday George Richards Minot, American Scientist 1885 Birthday Anna Louise Strong, American Journalist 1885 Birthday George S. Patton, American Soldier 1885 Birthday Frank H Knight, American Economist 1885 Birthday Ezra Pound, American Poet 1885 Death George McClellan, American Soldier 1885 Death George B. McClellan, American Soldier 1885 Birthday Charles E. Merrill, American Businessman, born in Green Cove Springs, Florida 1885 Death Josh Billings, American Comedian 1885 Birthday Elinor Wylie, American Poet 1885 Death Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer 1885 Death Ulysses S. Grant, American President 1885 Birthday Milton Avery, American Artist 1885 Event American Telephone and Telegraph (AT&T) incorporates 1885 Birthday Chester W. Nimitz, American Soldier 1885 Birthday A. J. Muste, American Activist 1885 Birthday Charles Seymour, American Historian 1884 Birthday Ruth Draper, American Actress 1884 Birthday Ethel Percy Andrus, born in San Francisco, California, educator and founder of AARP, the American Association of Retired Persons 1884 Birthday Will Cuppy, American Writer 1884 Birthday Kenneth Scott Latourette, American Historian 1884 Death Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman 1884 Birthday Harry S. Truman, American President 1884 Death Judah Philip Benjamin, American Politician 1884 Death Thomas Gold Appleton, American critic, writer, and artist, dies 1884 Birthday Roger Nash Baldwin, founder, American Civil Liberties Union 1884 Birthday Texas Guinan, American Businessman 1883 Event NYAC organizes 1st American cross-country championship race 1883 Birthday Napoleon Hill, American Writer 1883 Birthday Napolean Hill, American Author 1883 Birthday Victor Francis Hess, American Physicist 1883 Birthday Charles Bender, only American Indian in baseball's Hall of Fame 1883 Event New York Athletic Club hires Bob Rogers as 1st American pro sports trainer 1883 Event American Anti-Vivisection Society organized in Philadelphia 1883 Birthday Joseph A. Schumpeter, American Economist 1883 Birthday Max Eastman, American Author 1882 Event Boston's Bijou Theatre, 1st American playhouse lit exclusively by electricity, 1st performance, Gilbert and Sullivan's "Iolanthe" 1882 Birthday Fiorello LaGuardia, American Politician 1882 Birthday William Halsey, American Soldier 1882 Event Athletics reveal $22,000 profit in their 1st season in the American Association 1882 Birthday Louis B. Mayer, American Director 1882 Birthday Henry J. Kaiser, American Businessman 1882 Birthday Geraldine Farrar, U.S. soprano/actress, Story of American Singer 1882 Birthday George Jean Nathan, U.S., editor/author/critic, American Mercury 1882 Birthday Hendrik Willem Van Loon, American Journalist 1882 Birthday Sam Rayburn, American Politician 1882 Birthday Herbert Bayard Swope, American Editor 1881 Event American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh) 1881 Birthday Franklin P. Adams, American Journalist 1881 Event 1st American fishing magazine, American Angler published 1881 Death Orson Pratt, American Theologian 1881 Death James A. Garfield, American President 1881 Death Sidney Lanier, American Poet 1881 Birthday Cecil B. DeMille, American Producer 1881 Birthday Leo Carrillo, born in Los Angeles, California, actor, American Empire, Cisco Kid 1881 Birthday Smedley Butler, American Soldier 1881 Birthday Crystal Eastman, American Lawyer 1881 Event American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton 1881 Birthday Edith Rogers, American Politician 1881 Death Fernando Wood, American Politician 1880 Birthday George Marshall, American Statesman 1880 Birthday George C. Marshall, American Soldier 1880 Birthday Henry Louis Mencken, U.S. essayist/critic, American Mercury 1880 Event American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, New York 1880 Birthday Carl Van Vechten, American Writer 1880 Birthday Jeanette Rankin, American Politician 1880 Event League of American Wheelmen (1st U.S. bicycle association), forms in Newport, Rhode Island 1880 Event American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms (New York City) 1879 Birthday Billy Mitchell, American Soldier 1879 Birthday Vachel Lindsay, American Poet 1879 Death Daniel Drew, American Businessman 1879 Death William Morris Hunt, American Artist 1879 Death John B. Hood, American Soldier 1879 Birthday James F. Byrnes, American Politician 1879 Death Sarah Josepha Hale, American Writer 1879 Birthday James Branch Cabell, American novelist/essayist, Restless Heads 1879 Birthday Edward Steichen, pioneered American photography 1879 Birthday Jack Norworth, American Musician 1879 Death Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat 1878 Birthday Louis Chevrolet, American Celebrity 1878 Birthday Upton Sinclair, American Author 1878 Event American Bar Association organizes at Sarasota, New York 1878 Event CA Parker (Harvard) wins 1st American bike race, Beacon Park Boston 1878 Death Joseph Henry, American Scientist 1878 Death Boss Tweed, born in New York City, New York, American Politician, Democratic leader of Tammany Hall 1878 Death Benjamin F. Wade, American Politician 1878 Birthday Carl Sandberg, American Poet 1877 Event "American Bicycling Journal" begins publishing (Boston, Massachusetts) 1877 Birthday Katharine Anthony, American Writer 1877 Birthday Alben W. Barkley, American Vice President 1877 Birthday Warren R. Austin, American Politician 1877 Event American Chemical Society chartered in New York 1877 Death Nathan Bedford Forrest, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South, dies in Memphis, Tennessee, at age 56 1877 Event American Humane Association organizes (Cleveland) 1877 Death Alvin Adams, American Businessman 1877 Birthday Lloyd C. Douglas, American Clergyman 1877 Birthday Jesse Livermore, American Businessman 1877 Birthday Ivy Lee, American Writer 1877 Event Society of American Artists forms 1877 Birthday Alice B. Toklas, American 1877 Birthday Edgar Cayce, American 1876 Birthday Mordecai Brown, American Athlete 1876 Event American Library Association organized in Philadelphia 1876 Death James Lick, American Celebrity 1876 Death Henry A. Wise, American Statesman 1876 Death American Horse, Sioux chief, dies in battle 1876 Birthday Charles Kettering, American Inventor 1876 Death George Armstrong Custer, American Soldier 1876 Birthday Irvin S. Cobb, American Journalist 1876 Death Charlotte Saunders Cushman, American Actress 1876 Birthday Natalie Clifford Barney, American Author 1876 Death Eliza Johnson, American First Lady 1875 Birthday Carter G Woodson, New Canton, Virginia, American historian, black studies 1875 Birthday Carter G. Woodson, American Historian 1875 Birthday Gilbert Newton Lewis, American Scientist 1875 Event Sons of American Revolution organizes 1875 Death Chauncey Wright, American Philosopher 1875 Birthday Ma Ferguson, American Politician 1875 Birthday George Herbert Walker, American Businessman 1875 Death Duff Green, American Politician 1875 Birthday Alfred P. Sloan, American Businessman 1875 Birthday William D. Leahy, American Soldier 1875 Birthday D. W. Griffith, American Director 1874 Death Gerrit Smith, American Politician 1874 Birthday Charles A. Beard, American Historian 1874 Birthday Owen D. Young, American Businessman 1874 Birthday Lewis Hine, American Photographer 1874 Birthday Edward Thorndike, American Psychologist 1874 Birthday Herbert Hoover, American President 1874 Birthday Charles Fort, American Writer 1874 Birthday Alice Duer Miller, American Poet 1874 Birthday Frederick Carl Frieseke, American Artist 1874 Death John Bachman, American Clergyman 1874 Birthday Bill Klem, American Athlete 1874 Birthday Thomas J. Watson, American Scientist, IBM 1874 Birthday John D. Rockefeller, Jr., American Businessman 1874 Birthday Frank Knox, American Public Servant 1873 Event American Metrological Society forms (New York City) weights, measures and money 1873 Birthday Alfred E. Smith, American Politician 1873 Birthday Albert J. Nock, American Philosopher 1873 Birthday Josiah Bailey, American Politician 1873 Birthday David O. McKay, American Clergyman 1873 Death Salmon P. Chase, American Politician 1873 Death Salmon Portland Chase, American Politician 1873 Birthday William Green, president of American Federation of Labor, 1924-52 1873 Birthday William Christopher Handy, American Musician 1873 Birthday Dwight Morrow, American Businessman 1873 Birthday Howard Chandler Christy, American Artist 1872 Birthday Harlan Stone, American Lawyer 1872 Death William H. Seward, American Statesman 1872 Birthday Oswald Garrison Villard, American journalist 1872 Birthday Willie Keeler, American Athlete 1872 Birthday Zane Grey, American West novelist, Riders of the Purple Sage 1872 Birthday Julia Morgan, American Architect 1871 Birthday Arthur Guiterman, American Comedian 1871 Birthday Theodore Dreiser, U.S., novelist, Sister Carie, American Tragedy 1871 Birthday John Sloan, American Artist 1871 Birthday John French Sloan, American Artist 1870 Death Robert E. Lee, American Soldier 1870 Birthday Clark Wissler, anthropologist, American Indian 1870 Death Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, American Lawyer 1870 Death John P. Kennedy, American Soldier 1870 Death Ethan A. Hitchcock, American Soldier 1870 Birthday William Cameron Forbes, American Diplomat 1870 Event American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves 1869 Death Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1869 Birthday Bainbridge Colby, American Public Servant 1869 Birthday Ben Lindsey, American Judge 1869 Event American Woman's Suffrage Association forms (Cleveland) 1869 Birthday Joseph Franklin Rutherford, American Clergyman 1869 Event 1st American steeplechase horserace (Westchester, New York) 1869 Birthday John Joseph Pershing, American Soldier 1869 Birthday William Strunk, Jr., American Writer 1869 Event American Museum of Natural History opens (New York City) 1869 Birthday Herbert David Croly, U.S. author, Promise of American Life 1869 Birthday Herbert Croly, American Author 1868 Birthday Harvey S. Firestone, American Businessman 1868 Birthday Eleanor Porter, American Novelist 1868 Event 1st American bicycle college opens (NY) 1868 Event American Philological Association organized in NY 1868 Event 1st American amateur track and field meet (New York City) 1868 Birthday Kin Hubbard, American Journalist 1868 Birthday Edgar Lee Masters, American Poet 1868 Death David Wilmot, American Activist 1867 Birthday David Graham Phillips, American Journalist 1867 Death Henry Timrod, American Poet 1867 Birthday Henry L. Stimson, American Statesman 1867 Birthday Amy Marcy Beach, American Musician 1867 Birthday James Loeb, American Businessman 1867 Death Charles Anthon, American Writer 1867 Birthday Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American, 113 y 273 d at death 1867 Death Charles Farrar Browne, American Writer 1867 Death Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author 1866 Birthday Abraham Flexner, American Educator 1866 Birthday Matthew Henson, American Explorer 1866 Death Chief Seattle, American 1866 Birthday Charles Davenport, American Scientist 1866 Event American Equal Rights Association forms 1866 Birthday Anne Sullivan, American Educator 1866 Event American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms 1866 Birthday Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist 1865 Birthday Edith Cavell, American Public Servant 1865 Event PT Barnum's New American museum opens in Bridgeport 1865 Birthday Warren G. Harding, American President 1865 Death William Duane, American Lawyer 1865 Birthday Charles G. Dawes, American Vice President 1865 Birthday Gifford Pinchot, American Politician 1865 Birthday Frederick Albert Cook, American Explorer 1865 Event Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time 1865 Death George Phillips Bond, American Scientist 1865 Death Lyman Beecher, American Clergyman 1865 Birthday William Lyon Phelps, American Educator 1864 Birthday Paul Elmer More, American Critic 1864 Birthday William S. Hart, American Actor 1864 Birthday George Washington Carver, American Scientist 1864 Birthday Ban Johnson, Norwalk, Connecticut, baseball founder, American League 1863 Death John Buford, American Soldier 1863 Birthday John Bunny, American Actor 1863 Death Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier 1863 Death Thomas J. Jackson, American Soldier 1863 Birthday George H. Mead, American Philosopher 1863 Birthday George Herbert Mead, American Philosopher 1863 Birthday Rufus Jones, American Writer 1862 Birthday Billy Sunday, American Athlete 1862 Birthday O. Henry, American Writer 1862 Birthday Julius Rosenwald, American Businessman 1862 Birthday Ida B. Wells, American Activist 1862 Birthday Florence Bascom, U.S., 1st American woman PhD 1862 Birthday Josephus Daniels, American Politician 1862 Birthday Charles Evans Hughes, American Judge 1862 Birthday William Wallace Campbell, American Scientist 1862 Birthday Charles M. Schwab, American Businessman 1862 Death William Pennington, American Lawyer 1862 Birthday Edith Wharton, American Author 1861 Birthday Frederic Remington, U.S., artist/sculptor of American West 1861 Birthday William J. Mayo, American Scientist 1861 Death Stephen Douglas, American Politician 1860 Birthday Grandma Moses, American Artist 1860 Birthday Florence Harding, American First Lady 1860 Birthday Ernest Thompson Seton, American Leader 1860 Death Theodore Parker, American Theologian 1860 Event American College established in Rome by Pope Pius IX 1859 Birthday Cass Gilbert, American Architect 1859 Birthday Florence Kelley, American Activist 1859 Death Horace Mann, American Educator 1859 Death Richard Rush, American Lawyer 1859 Birthday Elbert Hubbard, American Writer 1859 Death Gamaliel Bailey, American Journalist 1859 Birthday Walter Camp, Connecticut, father of American football, Yale 1858 Death James Gadsden, American Politician 1858 Birthday Charles W. Chesnutt, American Novelist 1858 Birthday Sam Walter Foss, American Poet 1858 Birthday Charles Alexander Eastman, American Author 1858 Death Anson Jones, American Public Servant 1858 Birthday Carter Glass, American Politician 1857 Birthday Edward E. Barnard, American Scientist 1857 Event American Chess Association formed (New York City) 1857 Event American Chess Association organized; 1st major U.S. chess tournament (New York City) 1857 Birthday Frank Hamilton Cushing, American Writer 1857 Birthday Margaret Deland, American Novelist 1857 Birthday Henry B Fuller, American writer, Under the Skylights 1856 Birthday Woodrow Wilson, American President 1856 Birthday Frank B. Kellogg, American Politician 1856 Death John Eaton, American Politician 1856 Birthday Justice Brandeis, American Lawyer 1856 Birthday Timothy Thomas Fortune, American Writer 1856 Birthday Louis Sullivan, American Architect 1856 Birthday L. Frank Baum, American Author 1856 Death John Wilbur, American Clergyman 1856 Birthday Booker T. Washington, American Educator 1856 Birthday Frederick W. Taylor, American Scientist 1856 Birthday Eddie Foy, American Actor 1856 Event American (Know-Nothing) Party abolishes secrecy 1855 Birthday Eugene V. Debs, American Politician 1855 Birthday Edgar Saltus, American Writer 1855 Event George F Bristow's "Rip Van Winkle," 2nd American opera, opens in New York City 1855 Birthday James Edward Kelly, U.S., sculptor "Sculptor of American History" 1855 Birthday Francis Bellamy, American Clergyman 1855 Birthday Agnes Repplier, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, American essayist and writer, 'Books and Men' and 'In Pursuit of Laughter' 1855 Birthday Andrew Mellon, American Businessman 1855 Birthday Percival Lowell, American Scientist 1854 Birthday John Sharp Williams, American Politician 1854 Birthday Benjamin Tucker, American Activist 1854 Birthday Thomas R. Marshall, American Politician 1854 Death Juda Turo, American philanthropist, dies 1853 Birthday William Henry Moody, American Politician 1853 Birthday Bat Masterson, American Explorer 1853 Death Simon Greenleaf, American Judge 1853 Birthday David Belasco, American Playwright 1853 Birthday William Gillette, American Actor 1853 Event Completion of Grand Trunk Line, trains begin running over 1st North American railroad between Portland, Maine and Montreal 1853 Event William Wells Brown publishes "Clotel," 1st novel by black American 1853 Birthday Thomas Nelson Page, American Writer 1853 Birthday Olympia Brown, American Activist 1852 Birthday George H. White, American Politician 1852 Birthday Alice Brown Davis, American Statesman 1852 Death John McKinley, American Politician 1852 Birthday Theodore Robinson, American Artist 1852 Death Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady 1852 Birthday Edwin Markham, U.S., poet, 1st winner of American Academy of Poets Award 1937 1852 Birthday Joshua Willis Alexander, American Judge 1851 Birthday Melvil Dewey, American Inventor 1851 Death Philip Hone, American Politician 1850 Death Richard Mentor Johnson, American Politician 1850 Birthday Ella Wheeler Wilcox, American Writer 1850 Death Jose Francisco de San Martin, South American revolutionary hero, dies 1850 Birthday Daniel Chester, French/American sculptor, Minute Man 1850 Birthday Herbert Baxter Adams, U.S., historian, American Historical Association 1850 Death Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman 1850 Event Henry Wells and William Fargo forms American Express in Buffalo 1850 Birthday Kate Chopin, American Author 1850 Birthday Samuel Gompers, Dutch/U.S. 1st president, American Federation of Labor 1850 Birthday Seth Low, American Educator 1849 Death Edgar Allan Poe, American Poet 1849 Birthday Wyatt Eaton, born in Philipsburg, Canada, artist, painter, portraitist, one of the founders of the Society of American Artists 1849 Death Bernard Barton, American Poet 1848 Birthday Candy Cummings, American Athlete 1848 Birthday Alice James, American Writer 1848 Death John Jacob Astor, charted American Fur Company, dies at 84 1848 Birthday Edward H. Harriman, American Businessman 1847 Event Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society 1847 Event American Medical Association organizes in Philadelphia 1847 Event American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia) 1847 Birthday Thomas A. Edison, born in Milan, Ohio, American Inventor 1847 Birthday John Bates Clark, American Economist 1846 Birthday Anna Katharine Green, American Author 1846 Birthday Charles Edward Pickering, pioneered American spectroscopist 1844 Birthday George W. Cable, American writer, Northampton Years 1844 Birthday George Washington Cable, American Novelist 1844 Birthday Henry J. Heinz, American Businessman 1844 Birthday Thomas Eakins, American Artist 1844 Birthday George Haven Putnam, American Soldier 1844 Birthday G. Stanley Hall, American Psychologist 1844 Birthday Cole Younger, American Criminal 1843 Birthday William Pepper, American Scientist 1843 Birthday Joseph McKenna, American Politician 1843 Birthday Knute Nelson, American Politician 1843 Birthday Frank James, American Criminal 1842 Birthday Ellen Henrietta Richards, U.S., chemist, American Home Economics Association - 1st President 1842 Birthday James Morrison Steele Mackaye, U.S. actor, American Academy of Dramatic Art 1842 Birthday Sidney Lanier, American Poet 1842 Birthday George Dorsey, American Politician 1841 Birthday Nelson W. Aldrich, American Politician 1840 Event Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded in New York 1840 Birthday Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution 1840 Death Gerald Griffin, American Author 1840 Event American Charles Wilkes discovers Shackleton Ice Shelf, Antarctica 1839 Event American Statistical Association organizes in Boston 1839 Birthday Thomas Reed, American Politician 1839 Birthday Frances E. Willard, American Activist 1839 Birthday George Cadbury, American Businessman 1839 Birthday Nelson A. Miles, American Soldier 1838 Event Honduras declares independence of Central American Federation 1838 Birthday John Hay, American Writer 1838 Birthday James J. Hill, American Businessman 1838 Event Central American federation is dissolved 1838 Birthday John Wilkes Booth, American Criminal 1838 Event Nicaragua declares independence from Central American federation 1837 Birthday Admiral George Dewey, American naval hero of Manila 1837 Birthday Robert Gould Shaw, American Soldier 1837 Birthday Marcus A. Hanna, American Politician 1837 Birthday Joaquin Miller, American Poet 1837 Birthday Mother Jones, American Activist 1837 Birthday Rooney Lee, American Soldier 1837 Birthday P. B. S. Pinchback, American Politician 1837 Death Joseph Anderson, American Politician 1837 Event Weekly Advocate changes its name to the Colored American 1837 Event American Physiological Society organizes in Boston 1836 Death Edward Livingston, American Judge 1836 Birthday Joseph Cannon, American Politician 1836 Birthday Lawrence Barrett, American Actor 1836 Birthday Charles Goodnight, American Celebrity 1836 Birthday John W. Foster, American Soldier 1836 Birthday Henry Billings Brown, American Judge 1836 Death Betsy Ross, American Celebrity 1836 Birthday Thomas Jordan Jarvis, American Politician 1835 Birthday Lyman Abbott, American Author 1835 Birthday Richard Parks Bland, American Politician 1835 Birthday Elisha Gray, American Inventor 1835 Death John Marshall, American Judge 1835 Birthday Henry Villard, American Journalist 1835 Birthday John LaFarge, American Artist 1834 Birthday James McNeill Whistler, American Artist 1834 Birthday James Whistler, American Artist 1834 Birthday Charles Farrar Browne, American Writer 1834 Birthday Chauncey Depew, American Politician 1834 Birthday Frank Richard Stockton, American Writer 1834 Birthday Charles W. Eliot, American Educator 1834 Birthday Charles William Eliot, American Educator 1834 Death William Wirt, American Statesman 1833 Event American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia 1833 Birthday Edwin Booth, American Actor 1833 Death William Bainbridge, American Soldier 1832 Birthday Roger Q. Mills, American Politician 1831 Birthday James A. Garfield, American President 1831 Birthday John B. Hood, American Soldier 1831 Birthday Justin Winsor, American Writer 1830 Death Simon Bolivar, South American freedom fighter/"dictator", dies 1830 Birthday Belva Lockwood, American Lawyer 1830 Birthday Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer 1830 Birthday Chester A. Arthur, American President 1830 Birthday Chauncey Wright, American Philosopher 1830 Event 1st railroad timetable published in newspaper (Baltimore American) 1830 Death Elias Hicks, American Clergyman 1830 Death Henry Rutgers, American Soldier 1830 Birthday Henry Flagler, American Businessman 1829 Birthday Mary Harris Thompson, 1st American woman surgeon 1829 Birthday Joseph Jefferson, American Artist 1829 Birthday John P. Jones, American Politician 1829 Birthday Catherine Booth, American Activist 1828 Birthday Henry Timrod, American Poet 1828 Birthday Joshua Chamberlain, American Soldier 1828 Event Noah Webster publishes 1st American dictionary 1828 Birthday Horace Gray, American Judge 1828 Event 1st American Indian newspaper in U.S., "Cherokee Phoenix," published 1827 Birthday Ellen G. White, American Writer 1827 Birthday Ellen White, American Writer 1827 Birthday Charles Eliot Norton, American Writer 1827 Birthday Lew Wallace, American Soldier 1826 Birthday George B. McClellan, American Soldier 1826 Death Luther Martin, American Politician 1826 Event General Congress of South American States assembles at Panama 1826 Birthday John Buford, American Soldier 1826 Event American Temperance Society, forms in Boston 1826 Birthday John A. Logan, American Soldier 1825 Death William Hull, American Soldier 1825 Birthday Henry Charles Lea, American Historian 1825 Death Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American Statesman 1825 Event American Unitarian Association founded 1825 Birthday George Phillips Bond, American Scientist 1825 Death Eli Whitney, American Inventor 1824 Birthday Phoebe Cary, born in Cincinnati, American poet, Poems of Alice and Phoebe Cary 1824 Death Charles Thomson, American Public Servant 1824 Event Freed American slaves forms country of Liberia 1824 Death Tench Coxe, American Economist 1824 Event Russia abandons all North American claims south of 54 degrees 40' N 1824 Birthday William Morris Hunt, American Artist 1824 Birthday Elisha Harris, U.S., physician/found American Public Health Assoc 1824 Birthday Lucy Larcom, American Poet 1824 Birthday George William Curtis, American Author 1824 Birthday Thomas J. Jackson, American Soldier 1823 Birthday Francis Parkman, American historian/author, Oregon Trail 1823 Death William Bartram, American Environmentalist 1822 Birthday Rutherford B. Hayes, American President 1822 Birthday Frederick Law Olmsted, American Architect 1822 Death Nathaniel Smith, American Politician 1822 Event American Indian Society organizes 1822 Event Free American Blacks settle Liberia, West Africa 1821 Birthday Clara Harlowe Barton, Oxford Massachusetts, nurse/founder, American Red Cross 1821 Birthday Clara Barton, American Public Servant 1821 Birthday Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader 1821 Birthday Jay Cooke, American Businessman 1821 Birthday Nathan Bedford Forrest, born in Chapel Hill, Tennessee, American Civil War, Confederate Army lieutenant general, cavalry leader, opposed Reconstruction era in the post-war South 1821 Birthday Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier 1821 Birthday Joseph E. Brown, American Politician 1821 Death Elizabeth Ann Seton, 1st native-born American saint, dies in Maryland 1820 Death Joseph R. Drake, U.S. poet (American Flag), dies at 25) 1820 Birthday Alice Cary, Cincinnati, American poet, Cincinnati Sentinel 1820 Birthday Fanny Crosby, American Musician 1820 Birthday Susan B. Anthony, American Activist 1819 Death William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1819 Death John Langdon, American Politician 1819 Death George Leonard, American Lawyer 1819 Death Hugh Williamson, American Politician 1819 Event 1st successful agricultural journal ("American Farmer") begins 1819 Birthday Isaac Mayer Wise, rabbi and founder American Hebrew Congregations 1818 Death Joshua Barney, American Soldier 1818 Birthday John H. Reagan, American Politician 1818 Birthday Lucy Stone, American Activist 1818 Death Daniel Smith, American Politician 1818 Death Paul Revere, American patriot, dies 1818 Birthday Josh Billings, American Comedian 1817 Birthday John Bigelow, American Lawyer 1817 Event 1st American school for the deaf opens in Hartford, Connecticut 1817 Death Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman 1816 Event American Colonization Society organizes 1816 Death Gouverneur Morris, American Statesman 1816 Birthday Charlotte Saunders Cushman, American Actress 1816 Death Benjamin Hawkins, American Diplomat 1816 Event American Bible Society forms in New York 1816 Event American Bible Society organized in New York 1816 Death James McHenry, American Politician 1816 Death Daniel Waters, American Soldier 1814 Birthday Edwin M. Stanton, American Lawyer 1814 Event Battle of Lake Champlain, New York; American Navy defeats British 1814 Birthday David Wilmot, American Activist 1813 Death Edmund Randolph, American Lawyer 1813 Birthday Stephen Douglas, American Politician 1813 Birthday James Dwight Dana, American Scientist 1813 Birthday John Charles Fremont, American Soldier 1812 Birthday Fernando Wood, American Politician 1812 Birthday Thomas Gold Appleton, born in Boston, Massachusetts, American critic, writer, and artist 1812 Birthday Aaron Lufkin Dennison, father of American watchmaking 1811 Birthday Orson Pratt, American Theologian 1811 Birthday Francis Bowen, American Philosopher 1811 Birthday Judah Philip Benjamin, American Politician 1811 Event Venezuela, 1st South American country to gain independence from Spain 1811 Birthday Matthew Simpson, American Clergyman 1811 Death William Eaton, American Soldier 1810 Birthday Eliza Johnson, American First Lady 1810 Birthday Theodore Parker, American Theologian 1810 Birthday Robert Purvis, American Activist 1810 Birthday P. T. Barnum, American Entertainer 1810 Birthday Margaret Fuller, American Critic 1810 Event 1st insurance co managed by blacks, American Insurance Company of Philadelphia 1809 Birthday Robert Charles Winthrop, American Politician 1808 Birthday Lysander Spooner, American Philosopher 1808 Birthday Salmon P. Chase, American Politician 1808 Birthday Salmon Portland Chase, American Politician 1807 Birthday Gamaliel Bailey, American Journalist 1807 Birthday Robert E. Lee, American Soldier 1806 Birthday Henry A. Wise, American Statesman 1806 Death Timothy Dexter, American Businessman 1806 Death Henry Knox, American Soldier 1806 Birthday Nathaniel Willis, writer/editor/founder, American Monthly Mag 1806 Birthday Nathaniel Parker Willis, American Author 1805 Birthday Henry Wells, founder, American Express Co and Wells Fargo and Co 1805 Birthday William Lloyd Garrison, American Journalist 1805 Event Opera "Thais" 1st American performance 1805 Event American Bill Richmond knocks out Jack Holmes, Kilburn Wells, England 1804 Birthday Alvin Adams, American Businessman 1803 Death Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman 1803 Birthday Gerald Griffin, American Author 1803 Death John Barry, 1st American commodore, dies 1802 Birthday Elijah P Lovejoy, American newspaper publisher/abolitionist 1802 Death Daniel Morgan, American Soldier 1802 Birthday Leonard Bacon, American Clergyman 1801 Birthday William H. Seward, American Statesman 1800 Birthday Benjamin F. Wade, American Politician 1800 Birthday Caleb Cushing, American Diplomat 1799 Birthday Titian Ramsey Peale, U.S., artist/naturalist, American Ornithology 1799 Death Patrick Henry, American Revolutionary 1798 Death James Wilson, American Politician 1798 Death John Fitch, American inventor, clockmaker, etc, dies 1798 Birthday Ethan A. Hitchcock, American Soldier 1798 Birthday Anson Jones, American Public Servant 1797 Birthday Charles Anthon, American Writer 1797 Birthday Daniel Drew, American Businessman 1797 Birthday Gerrit Smith, American Politician 1797 Event Congress refuses to accept 1st petitions from American blacks 1796 Death Anthony Wayne, American Soldier 1796 Birthday James Lick, American Celebrity 1796 Birthday George Catlin, U.S., author/painter, American Indian scenes 1796 Event U.S. State Department issues 1st American passport 1796 Birthday William Pennington, American Lawyer 1795 Birthday John P. Kennedy, American Soldier 1795 Death William Prescott, American Revolutionary soldier, dies 1795 Death Ezra Stiles, American Clergyman 1794 Birthday William Cullen Bryant, American Poet 1794 Death Richard Henry Lee, American Politician 1793 Event Noah Webster establishes New York's 1st daily newspaper, American Minerva 1793 Event 1st American stove patent is granted to Robert Haeterick 1793 Birthday Lucretia Mott, American Activist 1792 Death Henry Laurens, American Politician 1792 Birthday Sarah Moore Grimke, American abolitionist/women's rights advocate 1792 Death George Mason, American Statesman 1791 Birthday Duff Green, American Politician 1791 Death Isaac Low, American Businessman 1790 Birthday Augustus Baldwin Longstreet, American Lawyer 1790 Event Robert Gray's Columbia, completes 1st American around world voyage 1790 Birthday John Eaton, American Politician 1790 Event Robert Gray is 1st American to circumnavigate the Earth 1790 Birthday John Bachman, American Clergyman 1789 Birthday James F. Cooper, American Novelist 1789 Event 1st American novel, WH Brown's "Power of Sympathy," is published 1788 Birthday Adoniram Judson, American Clergyman 1788 Birthday James Gadsden, American Politician 1787 Event 1st American comedy, "The Contrast," made its debut in New York City 1784 Birthday Bernard Barton, American Poet 1783 Birthday Simon Greenleaf, American Judge 1783 Birthday Simon Bolivar, freed 6 Latin American republics from Spanish rule 1783 Death James Otis, American lawyer, dies 1782 Birthday John C. Calhoun, American Statesman 1781 Event 9,000 American forces and 7,000 French forces begin siege of Yorktown 1780 Birthday Philip Hone, American Politician 1780 Birthday Richard Mentor Johnson, American Politician 1780 Event British defeated by American militia near Kings Mountain, SC 1780 Birthday Richard Rush, American Lawyer 1780 Death Thomas Hutchinson, American Politician 1780 Birthday William Duane, American Lawyer 1780 Event 2nd oldest learned society in U.S. (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) forms (Boston) 1780 Event American Academy of Arts and Science founded 1780 Birthday John McKinley, American Politician 1778 Event Mary Ludwig Hayes "Molly Pitcher" aids American patriots 1778 Event 1st American military court martial trial begins, Cambridge, Mass 1777 Event British troops occupy Philadelphia during American Revolution 1777 Event Vermont becomes 1st American colony to abolish slavery 1777 Death John Bartram, father of American botany, dies at 77 1776 Event Thomas Paine published his 1st "American Crisis" essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls" 1776 Event British troops captured Fort Washington during American Revolution 1776 Event Nathan Hale, spied on British for American rebels, arrested 1776 Death Francis Salvador, 1st Jew to die in American Revolutionary War 1776 Death Thomas Hickey, American sergeant convicted of treason, hanged 1776 Event France and Spain agreed to give weapons to American rebels 1775 Event American Revolutionary forces capture Montreal 1775 Birthday Lyman Beecher, American Clergyman 1775 Event American Revolutionary War hero Ethan Allen captured 1775 Event George Washington appointed commander-in-chief of American Army 1775 Birthday Francis Cabot Lowell, American Businessman 1775 Birthday Louisa Catherine Adams, American First Lady 1774 Event 1st American colonial decl of rights with sinking of Peggy Stewart 1774 Birthday Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, 1st American Catholic saint, 1975 1774 Birthday John Wilbur, American Clergyman 1774 Birthday William Bainbridge, American Soldier 1772 Birthday William Wirt, American Statesman 1772 Death John Woolman, American Clergyman 1771 Birthday Hosea Ballou, American Clergyman 1771 Birthday Charles Brockden Brown, father of American novel, Wieland 1770 Death George Whitefield, American Clergyman 1770 Event Boston Massacre, British troops kill 5 in crowd. Crispus Attackus becomes 1st black to die for American freedom 1768 Event 1st American chartered fire insurance company opens (Penn) 1768 Event Samuel Adams letter, circulates around American colonies, opposing Townshend Act taxes 1766 Birthday Samuel Wilson, American Public Servant 1766 Death Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman 1764 Birthday Edward Livingston, American Judge 1764 Birthday William Eaton, American Soldier 1762 Birthday Nathaniel Smith, American Politician 1760 Event Native American hostages killed in Ft. Prince George 1759 Birthday Joshua Barney, American Soldier 1759 Event 1st American life insurance company incorporated, Philadelphia 1757 Birthday Joseph Anderson, American Politician 1757 Birthday Marquis de Lafayette, American patriot, French revolutionary 1755 Birthday Tench Coxe, American Economist 1754 Birthday Jack Jouett, American patriot 1754 Birthday Benjamin Hawkins, American Diplomat 1753 Birthday James McHenry, American Politician 1753 Birthday Edmund Randolph, American Lawyer 1753 Birthday William Hull, American Soldier 1752 Birthday Gouverneur Morris, American Statesman 1752 Birthday Philip Freneau, poet of American Revolution, The American Village 1752 Birthday Betsy Ross, American Celebrity 1751 Event 1st American cricket match is played 1750 Event 1st American school to offer manual training courses opens, Md 1750 Birthday Henry Knox, American Soldier 1750 Event 1st American Shakespearean production-"altered" Richard III, New York City 1748 Birthday Daniel Smith, American Politician 1748 Birthday Elias Hicks, American Clergyman 1748 Birthday Casimir Pulaski, Count/American Revolutionary War general 1748 Birthday Timothy Dexter, American Businessman 1748 Birthday Luther Martin, American Politician 1746 Birthday Charles Cotesworth Pinckney, American Statesman 1745 Birthday Henry Rutgers, American Soldier 1745 Event American colonials capture Louisburg, Cape Breton I from French 1745 Event Bells for 1st American carillon shipped from England to Boston 1745 Birthday Anthony Wayne, American Soldier 1743 Event 1st American town meeting (Boston's Faneuil Hall) 1742 Birthday Nathanael Greene, American Revoluntionary War General 1741 Birthday John Langdon, American Politician 1741 Event Andrew Bedford publishes 1st American magazine (American Magazine) 1740 Birthday Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found American Biblical Society 1739 Birthday William Bartram, American Environmentalist 1738 Birthday John Singleton Copley, Massachusetts, finest colonial American artist 1738 Birthday George III, English King during American Revolution, 1760-1820 1737 Birthday John Hancock, American Politician 1736 Birthday Daniel Morgan, American Soldier 1735 Birthday Hugh Williamson, American Politician 1735 Birthday John Morgan, American physician-in-chief of Continental Army 1735 Birthday Isaac Low, American Businessman 1733 Event Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston 1732 Event 1st play in American colonies acted by professional players, New York City 1732 Birthday Martha Washington, born in the Province of Virginia, 1st American First Lady, 1789 - 1797 1732 Event 1st mass celebrated in 1st American Catholic church, Philadelphia 1732 Birthday Richard Henry Lee, American Politician 1731 Birthday Martha Washington, American First Lady 1731 Birthday Daniel Waters, American Soldier 1729 Birthday Charles Thomson, American Public Servant 1729 Birthday George Leonard, American Lawyer 1729 Birthday Henry William, Baron, Stiegel, early American glassmaker 1727 Birthday Ezra Stiles, American Clergyman 1727 Birthday William Samuel Johnson, American Politician 1725 Birthday George Mason, American Statesman 1724 Birthday Henry Laurens, American Politician 1721 Birthday Samuel Hopkins, American Clergyman 1720 Birthday John Woolman, American Clergyman 1720 Birthday Jonathan Mayhew, American Clergyman 1715 Event 1st English patent granted to an American, for processing corn 1714 Birthday George Whitefield, American Clergyman 1711 Birthday Jupiter Hammon, 1st American black to publish poetry, Complete Works 1711 Birthday Thomas Hutchinson, American Politician 1710 Birthday David Wooster, American Soldier 1702 Event War of Spanish Succession, 1st American conflict between England and France 1699 Birthday John Bartram, naturalist/explorer, father of American botany 1693 Event New York City authorizes 1st police uniforms in American colonies 1691 Death Jacob Leisler, becomes 1st American colonist hanged for treason 1691 Event Thomas Neale granted British patent for American postal service 1690 Event Mass Bay becomes 1st American colonial goverment to borrow money 1681 Event English Quaker William Penn receives charter from Charles II, making him sole proprietor of colonial American territory Pennsylvania 1676 Event 1st war between American colonists and Indians ends in New England 1675 Event 1st American commercial corporation chartered (New York Fishing Co) 1672 Death Anne Bradstreet, American poet, dies (birth date unknown) 1664 Event 1st naturalization act in American colonies 1662 Event 1st American lime kiln begins operation (Providence RI) 1649 Death Thomas Shepard, American Clergyman 1647 Death Thomas Hooker, clergyman, father of American democracy, dies 1642 Event Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city 1639 Event 1st American log cabin at Fort Christina (Wilmington Delaware) 1630 Death John Billington, murderer, 1st American execution, hanged 1630 Event Fork introduced to American dining by Governor Winthrop 1629 Event 1st game law passed in American colonies, by Virginia 1623 Event 1st American temperance law enacted, Virginia 1621 Event Native American chief visits colony of Plymouth Mass 1607 Event 1st British to establish an American colony land at Cape Henry, Va 1605 Birthday Thomas Shepard, American Clergyman 1587 Birthday Virginia Dare, 1st American born of English parents 1519 Event Pizarro receives royal charter for South American west coast 1503 Event Casa Contratacion (Board of Trade) found (Spain) to deal with American affairs
