Desi Arnaz, Jr.(actor, son of Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz)–
Drea de Matteo(actress)–
Died
Mother Joseph of the Sacred Heart(Canadian religious sister
)–
William O. Douglas(Supreme Court Justice)–
James Dickey(writer/poet)–
Carl Perkins(musician)–
Wilson Pickett(singer)–
Denny Doherty(one of the founding members of the musical group The Mamas & The Papas)–
Suzanne Pleshette(actress)–
Stan "The Man" Musial(baseball player)–
Events
Tin can patented –
Explorer Charles Wilkes claimed discovery of Antarctica –
First Brown vs. Harvard ice hockey game took place –
Law raised salary of U.S. president to $100,000 –
U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) authorized first space satellite communications link between the United States and Europe on an experimental basis. –
The last old-style, German-made Volkswagen Beetle left the plant in Emden, Germany –
Astronaut Roberta Bondar became the first Canadian woman to be selected for a space mission –
Weather
Twenty-four degrees below zero F in Hartford, Connecticut –
Temperature dropped 50 degrees in Portsmouth, New Hampshire –
The temperature rose 43 degrees in 15 minutes at Fort Assiniboine, near Havre, Montana. –
Lake Erie froze from bank to bank for the first time in modern history –
Snow fell in Miami, Florida –
A record-low barometer reading of 29.25 inches occurred due to a West Coast storm –
Temperature dipped to -36 degrees F, New Whiteland, Indiana –
