Hank Ketcham(cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace)β
Frank Borman(astronaut)β
Michael Caine(actor)β
Quincy Jones(musician)β
Billy Crystal(actor)β
Kirby Puckett(baseball player)β
Steph Curry(basketball player)β
Simone Biles(Olympic gymnast)β
Died
Emile Erckmann(novelist)β
Henry Woods(federal judge)β
Thomas Winship(editor of the Boston Globe from 1965-1984, Pulitzer Prize winner)β
Peter Graves(actor)β
Stephen Hawking(physicist)β
Events
Eli Whitney patented the cotton ginβ
U.S. Congress adopted the gold standardβ
Pelican Island (Fla.) became first National Wildlife Refuge in the United States
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Women granted the right to vote in Saskatchewanβ
Germany began retreat to Hindenburg Line (WWI)β
First U.S. concrete seagoing ship, S.S. Faith, launched, Redwood City, Californiaβ
U.S. President Warren G. Harding became the first chief executive to file an income tax reportβ
Shirley Temple left her footprints and handprints in the wet cement at Grauman’s Chinese Theatre in Hollywoodβ
The U.S. Army Air Corp began bombing Osaka, Japan (WWII)β
Possible UFO sighted in Healdsburg, Californiaβ
Gordie Howe second player in NHL history to score 500 career goalsβ
Jack Ruby was found guilty in Dallas of the murder of Lee Harvey Oswald, accused assassin of U.S. President John F. Kennedyβ
Batman, starring Adam West and Burt Ward, aired its last episodeβ
OPEC agreed to lower the benchmark price for crude oil by 15%. It marked the first price cut since the group’s formation in 1960β
Marc Garneau chosen as first Canadian astronaut to go into spaceβ
Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge founded in Manteo, North Carolinaβ
Lebanese hijacker, Fawaz Younis, brought to U.S. to stand trial, found guilty of air piracy in 1985 hijackingβ
The Soviet Congress elected Mikhail Gorbachev to the country’s presidency, one day after clearing the postβ
Alice Cooper, Neil Diamond, Dr. John, Darlene Love, Tom Waits, Jac Holzman, Art Rupe, and Leon Russell were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fameβ
Weather
Red snow and hail fell in parts of Italy and present-day Sloveniaβ
A tornado swept through Nashville, Tennesseeβ
At the end of a four-day storm, a record for the state of Iowa was set in Iowa City, 27.2 inches of snowfallβ