Clement Studebaker(wagon, carriage, & auto manufacturer)–
Simon Newcomb(astronomer & mathematician)–
Jane Delano(nurse)–
Gordon MacRae(actor)–
Jack Kerouac(author)–
Edward Albee(dramatist)–
Andrew Young(politician)–
Al Jarreau(singer)–
Barbara Feldon(actress)–
Paul Kanter(musician)–
Liza Minnelli(singer)–
James Taylor(musician)–
Darryl Strawberry(baseball player)–
Died
Henry Bergh(ASPCA founder)–
Dr. Sun Yat-Sen(Chinese revolutionary leader and statesman)–
Billy Barker(Canadian WWI ace)–
Charlie Parker(jazz saxophonist)–
Olive Patricia Dickason(Métis Canadian historian)–
Events
United States Post Office was established –
Coca-Cola was first sold in bottles –
Girl Scouts started by Juliette Low in Savannah, Georgia –
First transatlantic radio broadcast made –
Indian leader Mahatma Gandhi began his second civil disobedience campaign to protest the British government’s salt tax –
President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave his first fireside chat” to the nation” –
Germany invaded and annexed Austria (WW II) –
Pope Pius XII crowned –
Less than a year after signing the bill that made the New Hampshire Lottery the first state-run lottery in America, New Hampshire Governor John W. King purchased the first New Hampshire Lottery Sweepstakes ticket –
Beatle Paul McCartney married photographer Linda Eastman –
Boston Celtics’ Larry Bird scored 60 points in a basketball game against Atlanta Hawks –
Les Misérables opened on Broadway –
Janet Reno became the first woman to serve as attorney general of the U.S. –
Lance Mackey won his second consecutive Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race –
Fifty-three year old Mitch Seavey became the oldest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. In 2012, Seavey’s son Dallas became the youngest winner of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. –
Weather
Blizzard of ‘88 dumped 50 inches of snow on Middletown, Connecticut –
All-New England Flood, the costliest and most widespread ever –
Wichita Falls, Texas, reported a record high of 95F; but only six days earlier, the town had reported a record low of 8F. –
