John Wilkes Booth(assassin of President Lincoln, was shot by federal troops at a farmhouse near Washington, D.C.)–
Eduard Suess(geologist)–
Count Basie(jazz orchestra leader)–
Lucille Ball(actress)–
Mason Adams(actor)–
Phoebe Snow(singer
)–
George Jones(country music singer)–
Events
William Shakespeare baptized –
Meteorites fell on the town of L’Aigle, France –
First U.S. weather report broadcast, by WEW in St. Louis, Missouri –
America’s first guide dog for the blind, a German Shepherd named Buddy, was teamed up with its owner, Morris S. Frank –
The first international satellite, Ariel 1, was launched from Cape Canaveral –
A herd of buffalo got loose and wandered around an upscale neighborhood in Maryland, disrupting traffic and alarming homeowners before police officers managed to corral them in a tennis court –
Five explorers reached the North Pole, setting a world record by coming in several hours earlier than a 37-day trek by American explorer Robert Peary for the same journey in 1909 –
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury stole home. This was the first straight-steal of home plate by a Red Sox player since Billy Hatcher in April of 1994. –
Weather
Severe frost, Huntsville, Alabama –
Boston and the surrounding communities experienced a severe snowstorm –
Twelve inches of snow, Hanover, NH –
An F5 tornado hit Andover, Kansas, killing more than 15 people –
