Laura Branigan(Grammy-nominated pop singer best known for her hit Gloria)β
Dominick Dunne(American writer and investigative journalist)β
Neil Simon(Pulitzer prize-winning playwright)β
Bob Barker(game show host and animal activist)β
Born
Lee DeForest(inventor)β
Frank F. Gasparro(designed the Lincoln Memorial reverse on the penny)β
Mother Teresa(missionary)β
Benjamin Bradlee(journalist)β
Irving Levine(broadcast journalist)β
Geraldine Ferraro(politician)β
Will Shortz(puzzle creator and editor)β
Branford Marsalis(musician)β
Melissa McCarthy(actress)β
Macaulay Culkin(actor)β
Chris Pine(actor)β
Keke Palmer(actress)β
Events
Quincy Market opened, Boston, Massachusettsβ
Amistad captured off Long Islandβ
Krakatoa, a volcano on an Indonesian island, began to erupt. Over this and the next day, the eruption caused tsunamis that killed 36,000 people. Particles from the eruption were released into the stratosphere, causing the average temperature of Earth to lower by one degree for the next two years.β
Krakatoa, a volcano on the Indonesian island of Rakata, erupted. The explosions heard in the eruption remain the loudest noise on human record. The sound was heard across the Indian Ocean as far away as Rodriguez Island and Australiaβ
A starch process that led to puffed grain cereals was patentedβ
The Nineteenth Amendment was adopted, granting women the right to vote. It was nicknamed the Anthony amendment in recognition of the lobbying efforts of suffragette Susan B. Anthony.β
Philo Farnsworth patented a televisionβ
WXBS televised the first major-league baseball games, a double-header between Cincinnati Reds and Brooklyn Dodgersβ
Norma Jeane Baker was signed to a contract with 20th Century Fox—her first studio contractβ
The first Ford Edsel was producedβ
The Beatles released their smash hit βHey Judeβ
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Guitarist Jimi Hendrix made his last public appearance in the UKβ
Bill 101 took effect, making French the official language of Quebecβ
Weather
Tornado hit train on bridge in Dearborn County, Indianaβ
Snow flurries fell in Pennsylvania, New York, and New Englandβ
100-mph winds, Lake County, Indianaβ
Stormy weather deposited a canoe in telephone lines in Lake County, Indianaβ
Lightning killed more than 300 reindeer in Hardangervidda, a mountain plateau and national park in Norway.β