James Aparo(illustrator; drew Batman and other DC Comics heroes)–
Jack Warden(actor)–
Frank McCourt(Pulitzer Prize-winning author)–
James Garner(actor)–
Garry Marshall(director, producer, actor)–
Events
Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after having the title for only nine days –
Bloomers (long, loose, trousers) were introduced to delegates of the first Women’s Right’s Convention in Seneca Falls, New York –
Morris Nourse earned a Carnegie Medal by saving a drowning boy in Des Moines, Iowa –
Fiberglass sutures were first used, by Dr. Roy Scholz in St. Louis, Missouri –
N.Y.C. subway’s first air-conditioned cars began service –
Canada and United States agreed to transfer certain prisoners who wish to finish sentence in own country –
New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle –
26th Summer Olympics began in Atlanta, Georgia –
Don Gorske of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ate his 20,000th Big Mac sandwich at a local McDonald’s restaurant. He already had made the Guinness World Records book for eating a record number of Big Macs before he hit number 19,000 in March 2003 –
Weather
The third hurricane within a month hit the northern Florida peninsula –
