Dick Stuart(also known as Dr. Strangeglove, baseball player)–
Events
The Bill of Rights, first ten amendments to U.S. Constitution, ratified –
Fire at the U.S. Patent Office –
Philadelphia streets were first cleaned by a machine –
Battle of Fredericksburg ends in defeat of union troops by Confederate General Robert E. Lee (Civil War) –
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Jefferson Memorial took place in Washington D.C. –
Gone With the Wind premiered, at Loew’s Grand Theater in Atlanta, Georgia –
Commemorative stamp depicting Echo I, world’s first passive communications satellite, issued by U.S. post office, D.C., 1960 –
First rendezvous of two manned spacecraft, Gemini 6 and Gemini 7 –
Venera 7 Soviet unmanned spacecraft landed on Venus –
Superman, starring Christopher Reeve, premiered –
Weather
An intense cold front swept the East Coast, dumping heavy rain on Louisiana and heavy snow on the Northeast –
Great Blizzard hit the Prairie provinces –
O’Hare Airport in Chicago was closed because of high winds and heavy snowfall –
Approximately 1.5 million homes and businesses in Washington and Oregon were without power after windstorms and heavy rains caused flooding, several deaths and closed two major bridges –
