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