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 2013 Event Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj, President of Mongolia, becomes the first head of state to visit with Kim Jong-un in North Korea since he became Supreme Leader 2010 Event One year after thousands of children became ill from melamine in milk, new traces of melamine in milk products is discovered in China 1997 Event HAL became operational (2001: A Space Odyssey) 1994 Death Arthur Berry, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985, dies at 69 1988 Event Willie Stargell became 200th man inducted in Baseball's Hall of Fame 1987 Event Lynne Cox became 1st to swim from U.S. to Russia across Bering Strait 1987 Event 2 men became 1st hot-air balloon travelers to cross Atlantic 1986 Event Wayne Gretzky, Edmonton, became 13th NHLer to score 500 goals 1986 Event Gilbert Perreault, Buffalo, became 12th NHLer to score 500 goals 1986 Event Richard W. Miller became 1st FBI agent convicted of espionage 1985 Event "New York, New York" became the official anthem of New York City 1983 Event Guy Lafleur, Montreal, became 10th NHLer to score 500 goals 1983 Event President Reagan became 1st U.S. President to address Japan's legislature 1982 Death Charlie Brooks, Jr., convicted murderer became 1st U.S. prisoner to be executed by lethal injection, at a prison in Huntsville, Texas 1982 Event Steve Carlton became 1st pitcher to win 4 Cy Young awards 1982 Event Bryant Gumbel became co-host of NBC's "Today Show" 1981 Event Hosni Mubarak became acting-president of Egypt 1978 Death Kofi Busia, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972, died 1978 Event Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times 1978 Event Naomi Uemura became 1st to reach North Pole overland alone 1977 Event Egyptian President Sadat became 1st Arab leader to address Israeli Knesset 1975 Event John Bucyk, Boston, became 7th NHLer to score 500 goals 1975 Event Anwar Sadat became 1st Egyptian president to officially visit U.S. 1975 Event Archbishop Oliver Plunkett became 1st Irish-born saint in 7 centuries 1975 Event Ford became 1st U.S. President to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz 1975 Event Japanese Junko Tabei became 1st woman to reach Mount Everest's summit 1974 Event Phil Esposito, Boston, became 6th NHLer to score 500 goals 1973 Event Cubs' Ron Santo became 1st baseball player to veto his trade 1971 Event Billie Jean King became 1st female athlete to win $100,000 1968 Event France became world's 5th thermonuclear power, explodes on Mururoa 1967 Event Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II 1966 Event Bill Russell became 1st black coach in NBA history (Boston Celtics) 1966 Birthday Shabba Ranks, born in Sturgetown, St. Ann, Jamaica, born Rexton Rawlston Fernando Gordon, reggae singer, recording artist, sex symbol, popular dancehall DJ, toaster, successful U.S. crossover artist, became first Grammy-Award winning dancehall artist 1965 Event David Attenbrough became the new controller of BBC2 1964 Birthday Zeng Jinlian, born in Hunan, China, became tallest woman known, 2.46 m, 8'1" 1962 Event James Meredith became 1st black at University of Mississippi 1962 Event Uganda became a self-governing country 1959 Event Monkeys Able and Baker zoom 300 mi (500 km) into space on Jupiter missile, became 1st animals retrieved from a space mission 1957 Event Maurice "Rocket" Richard, Mont, became 1st NHLer to score 500 goals 1956 Birthday Mark Handley, born in Hollywood, California, writer, screenwriter, playwright, married, lived in log cabin with his wife to live in isolation, wrote play Idioglossia, which became the film, Nell, starring Jodie Foster, 1994, directed by Michael Apted 1955 Birthday Norio Honaga, born in Japan, athlete, professional wrestler, junior heavyweight three-time, New Japan Pro Wrestling Champion in IWGP Junior Heavyweight Championship, retired and became referee in 1988 1954 Death Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical, dies at 81 in Paris, France 1954 Birthday Michael O'Brien, born in Worcester, England, Mike O'Brien, politician, Labor Party, since 1992, serves as Member of Parliament for North Warwickshire, served as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs, became Minister of State for Health Services, 2009 1952 Birthday Amy Tan, born in Oakland, California, author, wrote, 'The Bonesetter's Daughter', 'Saving Fish From Drowning', novel, 'The Joy Luck Club', became successful film 1948 Birthday Robert Spink, born in Haworth, Worth Valley, Yorkshire, England, Robert Michael Spink, politician, Independence Party, former Conservative Party member, became Member of Parliament for Castle Point in June, 2001 1948 Event Reginald Weit became the 1st black to play in the U.S. Tennis Open 1943 Event Chiang Kai-shek became president of China 1941 Birthday Micki Grant, born in Chicago, Illinois, composer, singer, soprano, actress, writer, composer, appeared on NBC's Another World, became first African-American cast member of a daytime soap opera 1941 Event Joseph Stalin became premier of Russia 1940 Event Benjamin O. Davis became 1st Black general in U.S. Army 1940 Event Cornelious Warmerdam became 1st man to pole vault 15 ft 1936 Event Barbara Hanley became Canada's 1st woman mayor (Webbwood, Ontario) 1934 Birthday Gordon Getty, born in San Francisco, California, fourth child of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, sold Getty Oil to Texaco, became classical music composer, contributes to the San Francisco Opera 1934 Event Franklin D. Roosevelt became 1st President to travel through Panama Canal 1934 Event Sherlock Holmes crossword puzzle in "Sat Review of Lit" Males who solved puzzle became members of Baker Street Irregulars 1931 Event Jackie Mitchell became 1st female in professional baseball 1930 Birthday Jim Rohn, born in Idaho, entrepreneur, author, motivational speaker, joined direct sales organization of John Earl Shoaff, became millionaire by age 31, shared rags to riches story and personal development philosophy with over 4 million people worldwide, authored 17 books, audio, video programs 1927 Death Isadora Duncan, dies as her scarf became entangled in her car's wheel 1927 Event Waite Hoyt became only 20 game winner of 1927 Yankees 1927 Birthday Robert Orben, magician, comedy writer, author, specializes in observational comedy, wrote, 'Encyclopedia of Patter', 'Speaker's Handbook of Humor', speechwriter for Vice President Gerald R. Ford, became Director, White House Speechwriting Department 1926 Birthday Robert Earl Hughes, became heaviest known human, 486 kg 1926 Event Railway Labor Act became law 1925 Event Peter DePaolo became 1st man to average over 100 mph at Indy 1925 Birthday Arthur Berry, born in Smallthorne, Stoke-on-Trent, England, playwright, artist, teacher, poet, studied, then taught at Burslem School of Art, absorbed by Stoke-on-Trent College of Art, which in 1971 became North Staffordshire Polytechnic, where he taught painting until 1985 1925 Event Nellie Taylor Ross became governor of Wyoming, 1st woman Governor in USA 1920 Event Bob Hope became an American citizen 1914 Birthday George Tabori, born in Budapest, Gyorgy Tabori, writer, theater director, worked for BBC in London, moved to United States, became screenwriter, translated works by Bertolt Brecht, Max Frisch 1913 Birthday Kofi Busia, born in Wenchi, Ghana, statesman, leader of the Ghana Congress Party, which became the United Party, Catholic, Prime Minister, 2nd Republic of Ghana, 1969 - 1972 1910 Event Blanche Scott became 1st woman solo a public airplane flight 1908 Event Pu Yi (Hsuan-T'ung) became China's Last Emperor at age 3 1907 Event Ugyen Wangchuck became 1st hereditary king of Bhutan 1906 Event Reginald A Fessenden became 1st to broadcast music over radio (Mass) 1906 Event Hal Chase became 1st Yank to hit 3 triples in a game 1904 Event Boston Herald tells of Red Sox trade "Dougherty as a Yankee," 1st known reference to New York club as Yankees (became Yankees in 1913) 1902 Event Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. became Associate Justice on Supreme Court 1902 Event President Teddy Roosevelt became 1st U.S. chief executive to ride in a car 1900 Event Hawaii became a U.S. territory 1895 Event Georgetown became part of Washington D.C. 1891 Event Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered 1887 Event Aurora Ski Club of Red Wing, Minnesota became the 1st U.S. ski club 1884 Event Moses Walker became 1st black player in major league 1878 Event Silver dollar became U.S. legal tender 1875 Event James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US 1873 Birthday Colette, born in Yonee, France, Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette, writer, best-known for novel 'Gigi', which became a stage musical 1870 Event Joseph Rainey (SC) became 1st black sworn into House of Reps 1867 Birthday Fannie Thomas, became oldest known American, 113 y 273 d at death 1864 Event Austrian Archduke Maximilian became emperor of Mexico 1863 Birthday Lucia Zarate, became lightest known adult human, 2.1 kg at 17 1861 Birthday Uchimura Kanzo, Tokyo, religious writer, How I Became a Christian 1859 Event Philadelphia A's organize to play "town ball" became baseball 20 years later 1853 Event Cincinnati became 1st U.S. city to pay fire fighters a regular salary 1849 Birthday James E Smith, became father at 100 with woman 64 years younger 1848 Event James K. Polk became 1st President photographed in office by Matthew Brady 1844 Event Texas became a U.S. territory 1840 Event New Zealand became a British colony 1791 Birthday Calvin Phillips, became shortest known adult male, 67 cm; 2' 2" 1740 Event Maria Theresa became ruler of Austria, Hungary and Bohemia 1642 Event Georgeana (York) Maine became the 1st incorporated American city 1457 Event Gutenberg Bible became the 1st printed book 1335 Event Ex-emperor Hanazono became a Zen priest
