Miriam Makeba(singer, referred to as Mama Africa)–
Events
The American Continental Congress established a full-time national Marine Corps, the Continental Marines–
Journalist Henry Morton Stanley located missing Scottish missionary, David Livingstone, in Central Africa, and delivered his famous greeting, Dr. Livingstone, I presume.–
Statue of Our Lady of Prompt Succor first in the United States to be canonically crowned, New Orleans, Louisiana–
National Book Week was first observed in the United States–
Jeweler Harry Winston donated the Hope Diamond to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C.–
Sesame Street made its television debut–
Gene Autry received a gold record for the single, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, 20 years after its release–
Luna 17 spacecraft launched–
The S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, an ore boat with 29 crewmen aboard, sank during a storm on Lake Superior–
Weather
A tornado hit Great Bend, Kansas, killing 11 people and causing $1 million in damages–
A storm in Minnesota produced record-breaking low pressure–
More than seventy tornadoes churned across the eastern United States–
