Sir Charles Tupper(6th Prime Minister of Canada)β
Hermann Hesse(author)β
Jean-Rene Lacoste(tennis player)β
Thurgood Marshall(first African American justice of the Supreme Court)β
Medgar Evers(civil rights leader)β
Imelda Marcos(First Lady of the Philippines)β
Richard Petty(race car driver)β
Polly Holliday(actress)β
Larry David(actor, writer, producer, & director)β
Jose Canseco(baseball player)β
Michelle Branch(musician)β
Ashley Tisdale(actress)β
Lindsay Lohan(actress)β
Margo Robbie(actress)β
Events
Morrill Act passedβ
Charles Guiteau shot and fatally wounded U.S. President James Garfieldβ
The Sherman Antitrust Act was passedβ
Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equatorβ
Lake Washington Floating Bridge dedicated in Seattle, Washingtonβ
The Lawrence Welk Show made its television debutβ
Civil Rights Act signed into lawβ
Steve Fossett became the first person to circumnavigate the world solo in a balloonβ
Weather
An alligator was reported to have fallen from the sky at Charleston, S.C., on Anson Street during a thunderstormβ
Northeast Texas was pelted with softball-size hail, and Dallas experienced wind gusts of 90 mphβ
89-mph wind gust occurred in Lavon Dam, Texasβ
An F3 tornado touched down in the Kawacatoose First Nation community in Raymore, Saskatchewanβ