June Pointer(youngest of the singing group The Pointer Sisters)–
Kurt Vonnegut(author)–
Roscoe Lee Browne(actor)–
Jonathan Winters(actor)–
Born
Oleg Cassini(fashion designer who created the Jackie look, the signature wardrobe created for First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy in the early 1960s)–
Bill Irwin(actor)–
Jason Varitek(baseball player)–
Jennifer Esposito(actress)–
Trot Nixon(baseball player)–
Joss Stone(singer)–
Events
President Lincoln made his last public speech. He gave the speech at the White House and spoke of the reconstruction of the south, in particular Louisiana –
U.S. Navy bought its first commissioned submarine, USS Holland –
Geneva, Switzerland, was chosen as the headquarters of the League of Nations –
Jackie Robinson became the first African-American major league baseball player –
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1968 –
Apollo 13 was launched, manned by astronauts James Lovell, John Swigert, and Fred Haise –
Rattlesnake bit a shopper in tree section of home improvement store –
Weather
New Jersey received two feet of snow –
Forty-eight tornadoes hit the midwest –
Thundersnow occurred in Minnesota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin
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