Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother(Britain’s beloved “Queen Mum” was the mother of Queen Elizabeth II)–
Timi Yuro(singer)–
Events
President Washington proclaimed boundary of new capital city on Potomac River –
Dr. Crawford Long of Jefferson, GA, placed an ether-soaked towel over the face of James Venable and removed a tumor from his neck. This was the first recorded use of anesthesia –
H. L. Lipman, of Philadelphia, patented the first pencil with eraser –
America bought Alaska from Russia due to pressure from Secretary of State William Seward (Seward’s Folly). The price was $7.2 million, or slightly more than $0.02 an acre –
Impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson began –
Texas readmitted to the Union –
Queensboro Bridge, the first double-decker, opened in New York City –
Official opening of Canada’s first subway (Toronto) –
Woody Guthrie’s song This Land is Your Land copyrighted –
Jeopardy! game show made its television debut –
The last rum ration was issued in the Royal Canadian Navy –
President Ronald Reagan was shot and wounded outside a Washington, D.C., hotel –
An anonymous buyer paid over $39 million for Vincent van Gogh’s Sunflowers –
Possible UFO seen, Little Fox Lake, Yukon Territory –
Superathletes Kirill Shimko and Pavel Soroka pulled five railway cars more than 20 feet –
Weather
Hurricane-force winds uprooted trees and brought high tides to the coast and heavy snows inland from Pennsylvania to Maine –
In North Dakota, heavy rain and snowmelt around Fargo produced severe flooding –
A line of thunderstorms and tornadoes tore up homes and knocked down power lines in Kansas, Missouri, Iowa, and Nebraska –
