Dick Stuart(also known as Dr. Strangeglove, baseball player)β
Events
The Bill of Rights, first ten amendments to U.S. Constitution, ratifiedβ
Fire at the U.S. Patent Officeβ
Philadelphia streets were first cleaned by a machineβ
Battle of Fredericksburg ends in defeat of union troops by Confederate General Robert E. Lee (Civil War)β
Groundbreaking ceremonies for the Jefferson Memorial took place in Washington D.C.β
Gone With the Wind premiered, at Loew’s Grand Theater in Atlanta, Georgiaβ
Commemorative stamp depicting Echo I, world’s first passive communications satellite, issued by U.S. post office, D.C., 1960β
First rendezvous of two manned spacecraft, Gemini 6 and Gemini 7β
Venera 7 Soviet unmanned spacecraft landed on Venusβ
Superman, starring Christopher Reeve, premieredβ
Weather
An intense cold front swept the East Coast, dumping heavy rain on Louisiana and heavy snow on the Northeastβ
Great Blizzard hit the Prairie provincesβ
O’Hare Airport in Chicago was closed because of high winds and heavy snowfallβ
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 bridgesβ