Pauline Friedman Phillips, pen name Abigail Van Buren(Dear Abby advice columnist; twin sister of Ask Ann Landers columnist Esther Friedman Lederer)–
Esther Friedman Lederer, pen name Ann Landers(Ask Ann Landers advice columnist; twin sister of Pauline Friedman Phillips, the Dear Abby columnist whose pen name was Abigail Van Buren)–
Neil Simon(playwright)–
George Steinbrenner(businessman, former owner of the New York Yankees)–
Geraldo Rivera(journalist)–
Post Malone(singer)–
Died
Thomas Jefferson(3rd U.S. president)–
John Adams(2nd U.S. president)–
James Monroe(5th U.S. president)–
Eva Gabor(actress)–
Benjamin Davis, Jr.(leader of the Tuskegee Airmen and the first African American general in the Air Force)–
Barry White(singer)–
Steve McNair(football player)–
Events
In Philadelphia, PA, the Continental Congress approved the Declaration of Independence and formed the United States of America–
USS Ranger flew a U.S. flag made from gowns–
Construction of the Erie Canal began in Rome, New York–
Construction of Erie Canal began–
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad began; it was the first public railroad in the U.S.–
Henry David Thoreau started his sojourn in the woods at Walden Pond near Concord, Massachusetts–
Poet Walt Whitman published the first edition of Leaves of Grass–
Lewis Caroll first told Alice Liddell the story of Alice in Wonderland–
The Confederates surrendered to Union forces at Vicksburg, Mississippi giving the Union control of the Mississippi River–
Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was published–
Alice Lidell received the first copy of Alice in Wonderland–
The Statue of Liberty formally presented to the U.S. by France–
The New 50-star flag is flown for the first time–
15-pound 3-ounce American lobster caught, New Jersey–
Weather
Thomas Jefferson noted in his “Weather Memorandum Book” that the weather was cloudy, the temperature 76 degrees F–
Tornadoes hit Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland, causing minor damage–
