Joan Benoit Samuelson(runner, Olympic gold medalist)–
Janet Jackson(singer)–
Tracey Gold(actress)–
Tucker Carlson(television commentator)–
David Boreanaz(actor)–
Jim Sturgess(actor)–
Thomas Sangster(actor)–
Died
Andy Kaufman(comedian & actor)–
Sammy Davis Jr.(entertainer)–
Jim Henson(creator of The Muppets)–
Events
Marie Antoinette (age 14) married future King Louis XVI of France (age 15) –
U.S. Congress gave authorization to mint the nickel –
Charles Elmer Hires invented root beer –
Grand League of the American Horseshoe Pitchers Association was organized in Kansas City, Kansas –
Joan of Arc was canonized –
President John F. Kennedy began a 3-day visit to Canada –
Fire broke out at tire dump, St-Amable, Quebec –
In downtown Houston, Texas, large, black grackles, in an effort to protect their fallen offspring, attacked the heads, hair, and backs of pedestrians. –
Canadian Victoria Cross unveiled –
Discovery of 2.6-billion-year-old water in Ontario mine announced –
Weather
Due to a dam break on the Mill River, a flash flood caused 143 deaths near Northampton, Massachusetts –
Portland, Maine, received 4.88 inches of rain in 24 hours –
The temperature in Blitzen, Oregon, was 108 degrees F, a record high for this date –
Tornado in Portland, Maine –
Sioux City, Iowa, set daily minimum and maximum temperature records within the same day—the low was 33 degrees F; the high was 91 degrees F –
