Christa McAuliffe(selected to be the first teacher in space)–
Harold "Red" Grange(football player)–
Helen Battles Sawyer Hogg(American-born Canadian astronomer
)–
Astrid Lindgren(children’s author who wrote Pippi Longstocking)–
Elroy "Crazy Legs" Hirsch(football player)–
Jim Capaldi(musician)–
Cicely Tyson(actress)–
Events
The Yale Daily News became the first daily, college newspaper in the U.S. –
Jose Miguel Gomez was inaugurated as president of Cuba and the U.S. provisional government withdrew –
The U.S. Coast Guard was established by Congress, combining the Life Saving Service and the Revenue Cutter Service –
Manitoba became first province to grant women suffrage –
Aaron Copland’s instrumental suite, Quiet City, premiered in New York –
Leonard Bernstein conducted the premiere of his first symphony, Jeremiah, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania –
An African American student, Harvey Gantt, entered Clemson College in South Carolina, thus breaking the barrier in the last state to hold out against integration. Harvey later became the first African-American mayor of Charlotte, North Carolina. –
Barnaby Jones premiered on television –
U.S. army officer, James Dozier, was rescued from his Red Brigade captors in Padua, Italy –
The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after take-off, killing all seven crew members, including teacher Christa McAuliffe –
The Canadian Supreme Court ruled federal restrictions on abortions violate the constitution –
An 8-pound 12-ounce redeye bass was caught in the Apalachicola River in Florida –
Weather
Snowstorm left 36 inches in northern Virginia –
Knickerbocker Storm’s 28 inches of snowfall crushed Washington theater of the same name, killing over 100 movie patrons –
Forty-six degrees below zero F at First Connecticut Lake –
-132 degrees F windchill, in Pelly Bay, Northwest Territories –
