Curly Howard(actor, best known as one of The Three Stooges)β
Robert B. Parker(author of mysteries; Mr. Parker died at his writing desk, working on a book)β
Glenn Frey(musician; founding member of The Eagles)β
David Crosby(singer, songwriter
)β
Events
The play entitled Gorboduc, written by Thomas Norton and Thomas Sackville, was presented before Queen Elizabeth I. It was the first real English tragedy.β
John Winthrop documented the first known unidentified flying object (UFO) sightings in North Americaβ
Two lights formed a manlike shape and arose out of the water in Bostonβ
Eugene Ely proved that planes could land safely on shipsβ
Ice in the in the Weddell Sea trapped Antarctic explorer E. Shackleton’s ship Endurance until she sank on November 21β
The first session of the Paris Peace Conference to end WWI was heldβ
NY Daily Mirror columnist Walter Winchell debuted on radioβ
First around-the-world, nonstop flight by jet concludedβ
The Dow Jones industrial stock average first passed the 1,000 markβ
Yellowknife became capital of the Northwest Territoriesβ
The cause of Legionnairesβ disease (Legionellosis) identified as bacteriaβ
211-pound striped marlin caught near Red Hill, Hawaiiβ