Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov(became the first person to die during a space mission)–
Bud Abbott(comedian & actor)–
Estée Lauder(started a kitchen business blending face creams and built it into a multimillion-dollar international cosmetics empire)–
Elizabeth Post(etiquette expert)–
Events
La Marseillaise composed –
U. S. Library of Congress established –
The soda fountain was patented –
Joshua Slocum left Boston on his 37-foot sloop named Spray. He arrived in Newport, Rhode Island, on June 27, 1898, becoming the first sailor to have circumnavigated the globe alone –
Spain declared war on the United States (Spanish-American War) –
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II –
Hubble space telescope launched –
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger inaugurated as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church. He took the name Pope Benedict XVI –
Weather
A local windstorm blew down commercial buildings and damaged ships in Galveston, Texas –
