Norma Lyon(fourth butter cow sculptor of the Iowa State Fair)–
Paul Taylor(dancer)–
Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker(politician)–
Elizabeth Dole(government official)–
Peter Jennings(journalist)–
Ken Burns(filmmaker)–
Martina McBride(singer)–
Wil Wheaton(actor)–
Stephen Dorff(actor)–
Josh Radnor(actor)–
Allison Mack(actress)–
Died
Vincent van Gogh(Dutch artist
)–
Mama Cass Elliot(singer)–
David Niven(actor)–
Jerome Robbins(choreographer)–
Tom Snyder(talk show host)–
Events
The Spanish Armada was defeated by an English naval force off the coast of Gravelines, France –
The Pittsburgh Gazette became the first newspaper published west of the Allegheny Mountains –
Annibale de Gasparis discovered asteroid 15 Eunomia –
First successful transcontinental telephone call –
Lightning caused a deadly fire in Cochrane and Matheson, Ontario –
President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) –
Schooner Bluenose II was donated to Nova Scotia –
First Chicken Wing Day, Buffalo, New York –
Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer married at St. Paul’s in London, England –
Bill Mueller of the Boston Red Sox became the first baseball player in major league history to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in one game –
184-pound wahoo caught, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico –
A 5.4-magnitude earthquake shook Los Angeles, California –
A pair of Winston Churchill’s wartime dentures sold at auction for approximately $23,750 –
Rare panda triplets born at the Chimelong Safari Park in Guangzhou, China –
Weather
Four inches of rain fell on Tucson, Arizona, causing thousands of dollars in damage –
Barnet, Vermont, reported a morning low of 33 degrees F, with frost appearing on vegetation –
St. Johnsbury, Vermont, had a low temperature of 42 degrees F –
Greeley, Colorado, received 6 to 7.5 inches of rain in eight hours –
Thermometers in Oymyakon, Eastern Siberia (considered one of the coldest places on Earth) recorded 90 degrees F in the evening –
Moscow had a record temperature of 100 degrees F –
