Dav Pilkey(children’s book author and illustrator)–
Jason Sellers(country singer)–
Landon Donovan(soccer player)–
Andrea Bowen(actress)–
Died
John Candy(comedian)–
Minnie Pearl(comedienne & singer)–
George Pake(computer pioneer)–
Horton Foote(playwright & screenwriter)–
Luke Perry(actor)–
Events
William Penn was given a charter for lands in the New World by King Charles II –
The first Congress met in NY –
Vermont became the 14th state of the Union –
George Washington was inaugurated for a second term as President of the United States in Philadelphia; John Adams became Vice President. George Washington’s second inaugural address was the shortest on record—135 words. It took him only two minutes to read it. –
John Adams was inaugurated as the second U.S. President; Thomas Jefferson became Vice President –
Thomas Jefferson became the first president to be inaugurated in the new U.S. capital of Washington, D.C.; Aaron Burr became Vice President –
James Madison inaugurated as 4th U.S. President –
James Monroe inaugurated as 5th U.S. President –
John Quincy Adams inaugurated as 6th U.S. President –
Granite Railway was chartered, Quincy, Massachusetts
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Andrew Jackson inaugurated as the 7th U.S. President –
John Quincy Adams returned to the House of Representatives. He was the first former president to do so and served for nine consecutive terms –
Martin Van Buren inaugurated as the 8th U.S. President –
William H. Harrison inaugurated as 9th U.S. President; upon his death a month later, the vice president, John Tyler, became the 10th U.S. President –
James Polk inaugurated as 11th U.S. President –
Franklin Pierce became the 14th U.S. President –
James Buchanan became the 15th U.S. President –
Abraham Lincoln became the 16th U.S. President –
Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated for a second term as U.S. President; Vice President, Andrew Johnson –
Ulysses S. Grant became the 18th U.S. President –
Benjamin Harrison was sworn in as the 23rd U.S. President –
Rep. Jeanette Rankin became first woman in Congress –
In his first inaugural speech, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt told his fellow Americans that, … the only thing we have to fear is fear itself, referring to the Great Depression. –
Nuclear-power plant began operation in Antarctica –
Earthquake destroyed parts of Bucharest Romania, and nearby area, leaving 1,500 dead –
Voyager I spacecraft revealed rings of Jupiter –
Bertha Wilson became the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada –
Machinists strike Eastern Airlines. Pilots and flight attendants honor picket lines –
British Prime Minister Gordon Brown awarded an honorary knighthood to U.S. Senator Edward Kennedy –
Weather
Southern New Hampshire received four feet of snow in nine days –
Deadly avalanche occurred at Rogers Pass in British Columbia –
