The Rev. Carl McIntire(right-wing radio preacher)–
Brian Maxwell(Canadian world-ranked marathoner who created the PowerBar in his kitchen to improve his performance)–
John DeLorean(automotive innovator who left General Motors Corp. to develop a radically futuristic sports car)–
Gus Bernier(host of the children’s program The Uncle Gus Show)–
Arthur C. Clarke(science fiction writer, author of 2001: A Space Odyssey)–
Paul Scofield(actor)–
Events
$245,000 stolen from City Bank of New York –
Daylight Saving Time was first enacted in the United States –
Senate rejected the Treaty of Versailles by a vote of 49-35 –
Academy Awards were first televised –
Senate confirmed the nominations of William Brennan and Charles Whittaker to the U.S. Supreme Court –
Elvis Presley paid a $1,000 deposit to buy Graceland in Memphis, Tennessee –
Great St. Bernard Tunnel, 3.6 miles long, between Italy and Switzerland in the Alps, officially opened to automobile traffic –
Nicolae Ceausescu became head of the Romanian Communist Party and government –
President Johnson signed into law a bill eliminating the requirement that U.S. currency be backed by gold –
East German Premier Stoph and West German Chancellor Brandt met in Erfurt, East Germany, at the first meeting of the heads of the postwar German states –
Rev. Jim Bakker resigned as head of his TV ministry, the PTL Club, after admitting to an affair with a church secretary –
1,383-square-foot omelet made, Yokohama, Japan –
Weather
A tornado jumped from Ohio City to Landeck to Columbus Grove, Ohio –
17.6 inches of snow, Boston, Massachusetts –
5.38-inch-wide, 9.8-ounce hail fell in Walter, Alabama –
