Bartholomeu Dias(Portuguese discoverer of Cape of Good Hope)–
Mary Pickford(actress)–
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan(at age 114 years 272 days was recognized as the world’s oldest person, died after a bout with pneumonia)–
Luc Bourdon(hockey player)–
Harvey Korman(actor)–
Gavin MacLeod(actor)–
Born
Patrick Henry(patriot)–
Ebenezer Butterick(inventor)–
Bob Hope(comedian)–
John F. Kennedy(35th U.S. president)–
Rupert Everett(actor)–
Melissa Etheridge(musician)–
Events
Rhode Island ratified the United States Constitution. They were the last of the original 13 colonies to do so. –
Rhode Island became the 13th U.S. state –
Wisconsin became the 30th U.S. state –
Canadian ocean liner Empress of Ireland sank in St. Lawrence River –
Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mt. Everest –
U.S. Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of state blue laws prohibiting commercial activity on Sunday –
Steve Fonyo, who lost one of his legs to cancer, completed a cross-Canada marathon for cancer research –
Discovery became the first space shuttle to dock with the International Space Station –
Hennie Van Andel-Schipper, who was born in the Netherlands, took the title of the oldest living woman in the world at the age of 113 years 335 days, following the death of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan aged 114 years 272 days –
Weather
Great hailstorms in Kansas caused $6 million of crop damage –
Dime-size hail was reported in Keene, New Hampshire –
Great Falls, Montana, received 12 inches of snow –
