Agnetha Fältskog(singer in the Swedish rock group ABBA)–
Franklin Chang-Diaz(astronaut)–
Krista Allen(actress)–
Died
Howard Hughes(industrialist & producer)–
Sam Walton(businessman)–
Kurt Cobain(musician)–
Allen Ginsberg(poet)–
Lee Petty(race car driver)–
Saul Bellow(author of Humboldt’s Gift and other novels, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature)–
Charlton Heston(actor)–
Events
Pocahontas married Englishman John Rolfe –
New York Chamber of Commerce formed –
Anne Sullivan made a breakthrough with blind/deaf student Helen Keller, by conveying the meaning of the word water –
Jess Willard knocked out Jack Johnson to win world heavyweight boxing title –
Women granted the right to vote in British Columbia –
Richard J. Daley elected to his first term as Chicago’s 39th mayor –
J. Robert Oppenheimer, US physicist, declared a security risk in 1954, is named winner of the Atomic Energy Commission’s Enrico Ferni award –
My Fair Lady won an Academy Award for Best Picture –
Bobby Orr first NHL defenseman to win scoring title –
Basketball star Kareem Abdul- Jabbar of the L.A. Lakers became the highest scoring player in NBA history. He reached 31,420 points, beating Wilt Chamberlain’s record –
A camel named Bert was deputized, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department, California
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A minor earthquake shook southeastern Massachusetts –
Elsie McLean, at 102 years old, became the oldest golfer to make a hole-in-one on a regulation course –
Weather
This was the last day of a four-day snowstorm in the northern Rockies and the Black Hills, with the town of Lead, South Dakota, receiving 52 inches –
A blizzard left 27.2 inches of snow in St. John’s, Newfoundland –
