1963 Birthday Bret Michaels, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, guitarist, Poison-Talk Dirty to Me 1953 Event WTPennsylvania (now WHTM) TV channel 27 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (ABC) 1st broadcast 1953 Event WHP TV channel 21 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Birthday Gwen Cheeseman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, field hockey goalie, Bronze Medal 1984 Olympics 1950 Birthday Dan Hartman, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, singer, songwriter, record producer, known for "I Can Dream About You" 1943 Birthday Newt Gingrich, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Georgia 1979 - 1999, Speaker of House 1995 - 1997 1940 Birthday Richard Sanders, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, actor, Les-WKRP, Spencer, Berrengers 1937 Birthday Cynthia Anzolut, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, LPGA golfer 1930 Birthday George Gekas, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Representative-R-Pennsylvania 1983 - 2003 1929 Event WHP-AM in Harrisburg Pennsylvania begins radio transmissions 1921 Birthday Nancy Kulp, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, actress, Miss Hathaway-Beverly Hillbillies 1918 Birthday Bobby Troup, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, pianist/actor, Emergency, Acapulco 1918 Birthday Henry Norwood Ewell, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 4x100m runner 1948 Olympics gold 1864 Event Battle of Smith's Expedition, Mississippi (Tupelo, Harrisburg) 1836 Event Whig party holds its 1st national convention, Harrisburg, Pa 1824 Event Harrisburg Pennsylvanian newspaper publishes results of 1st public opinion poll. Clear lead for Andrew Jackson
