Lord Byng of Vimy(Canadian Governor General 1921-1926)β
D.H. Lawrence(author)β
Brian DePalma(director)β
Moby(musician)β
Harry Connick, Jr.(musician)β
Ariana Richards(actress)β
Jacoby Ellsbury(baseball player)β
Tyler Hoechlin(actor)β
Died
Jessica Tandy(actress)β
Kim Hunter(actress)β
Johnny Unitas(football player)β
John Ritter(actor)β
Events
Hawaii’s first theater openedβ
Dr. Charles Hufnagel successfully replaced a diseased aorta valve with an artificial valve made of plasticβ
First live TV broadcast of Miss America pageantβ
The Ford Pinto was introducedβ
The U.S. spacecraft International Cometary Explorer (ICE) passed through the tail of its first comet (Giacobini-Zinner) and transmitted the first pictures of the nucleusβ
Terrorist attacks on World Trade Center and Pentagon killed thousandsβ
Weather
Before recovering from Hurricane Carol, New England was hit by Hurricane Edna, which brought winds of 74 mph to Boston and 120 mph to Martha’s Vineyard, and 8 inches of rain to Portland, Maineβ
The Hawaiian Islands of Oahu, Kauai, and Niihau, were visited by Hurricane Iniki, which caused more than $1.3 billion in damagesβ
The Queen Elizabeth 2 ocean liner was struck by a rogue wave estimated to have been 90 feet high. The wave was created by Hurricane Luis, located about 120 nautical miles northwest of the shipβ