John George Lambdon(governor-general of British North America)–
Beverly Cleary(author)–
Dr. Peter Safar(originator of CPR)–
Montserrat Caballe(opera singer)–
Herbie Hancock(musician)–
David Letterman(talk show host)–
Tom Clancy(author)–
David Cassidy(singer and actor)–
Andy García(actor)–
Vince Gill(musician)–
Shannen Doherty(actress)–
Jennifer Morrison(actress)–
Claire Danes(actress)–
Stubbs the Cat(honorary mayor of Talkeetna, Alaska)–
Died
Clara Barton(founder of the American Red Cross)–
Franklin D. Roosevelt(32nd U.S. president)–
Sugar Ray Robinson(boxer)–
Abbie Hoffman(social and political activist)–
Georgia Engel(actress, best known as Georgette Franklin on The Mary Tyler Moore Show)–
Events
Charles A. Gayler received a patent for a fireproof safe –
Charles Gayler received a patent for a fireproof iron chest
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First U.S. championship billiards game –
The US Civil War began –
Women granted the right to vote in Ontario –
Nova Scotia’s Moose River gold mine collapsed, trapping 3 people –
Bill Haley and His Comets recorded Rock Around the Clock –
The polio vaccine developed by Dr. Salk was found to be successful after subjection to a year of clinical trials –
Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In by the 5th Dimension topped the charts for 6 weeks –
Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope across Canada in St. John’s, Newfoundland, by dipping his artificial leg into the Atlantic Ocean –
Space shuttle Columbia first launched –
Harold Washington was elected the first African-American mayor of Chicago –
Texaco Inc. became the largest U.S. company in history to file bankruptcy after it is ordered to pay Pennzoil $8.53 billion in damages for unfair business practices –
Golfer Fred Couples won the Masters tournament –
Weather
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was hit by a tornado; 150 houses lost their roofs –
Fourteen inches of snow at Bloomfield, Vermont –
231-mph wind gust on Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, second highest wind speed in the world –
