Peter Ustinov(actor, playwright, novelist, & director)–
Art James(television game show host and announcer)–
Richard Griffiths(actor)–
James Noble(actor)–
Peggy Fortnum(illustrator)–
Events
Cat eating condemned by England’s Richard II–
The U.S. Senate voted to censure President Jackson for the removal of federal deposits from the Bank of the U.S.–
First world weightlifting championships held in London–
Emma Goldman gave a shocking speech (on contraception) to an audience in NYC. She was arrested and given a choice of paying a $100 fine or going to jail for 15 days. She chose jail–
Mary Pickford married Douglas Fairbanks–
U.S. and U.N. officials signed an agreement permitting the U.N. to issue its own postage stamps–
Tsunami struck Port Alberni, British Columbia–
The rock musical Hair opened at the Biltmore Theater in New York City–
Basketball’s Wilt Chamberlain played his last professional game. In 14 years, 1,045 games, he never fouled out of a game–
Rocky, starring Sylvester Stallone, won the Academy Award for Best Picture–
Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in southeastern PA seriously malfunctioned, raising fears of a meltdown of the reactor’s core, causing the evacuation of thousands and creating widespread concern about the safety of such facilities–
El Chichon volcano in Mexico began series of eruptions, killing and injuring hundreds–
Mt. Kilauea, Hawaii, erupted–
Russian President Boris Yeltsin claimed victory after surviving attempts by the Russian Congress to depose him–
A major earthquake struck off the west coast of Indonesia’s Sumatra island–
Around 6:15 a.m. EDT, a fireball was seen in the northeastern United States–
Weather
The Ottauquechee River reached its highest level since 1869 at Woodstock, Vermont–
The earliest ice out of Lake Winnipesaukee, N.H., on record–
