Buffalo Bob Smith(actor and puppeteer, best known for Howdy Doody)–
Sam Phillips(rock’n’roll pioneer, Sun Records founder, and the man who discovered Elvis and also launched the careers of Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and B.B. King)–
Ingmar Bergman(filmmaker)–
Michelangelo Antonioni(director)–
Nichelle Nichols(American actress
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Paul Reubens(actor, best known for Pee-Wee Herman)–
Events
Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei was first to observe what we now know are Saturn’s rings –
First legislative assembly in America, the House of Burgesses, convened at Jamestown, VA –
Caspar Wistar began operation of the first successful glass factory in America, in Allowaystown, New Jersey –
Malden Island was discovered –
Hawaii’s first English-language newspaper published –
New York Yacht Club founded –
The Olympic Games of Los Angeles, celebrating the tenth Olympiad of the modern era, opened –
Japanese warships sank the USS Indianapolis, killing over 800 seamen (WW II) –
Elvis Presley made his debut performance at the Overton Park Shell in Memphis, TN –
Mister Roberts premiered –
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed legislation establishing the Medicare and Medicaid health insurance programs –
Apollo 15 landed on the Moon –
Jake, a 65-pound golden retriever, was the only non-human in the 10th annual 1.25-mile swim from Alcatraz island to the San Francisco shore. The 4-year-old dog swam across the water in just under 42 minutes, finishing 72nd out of the more than 500 swimmers. Organizers say it was the first known crossing by a dog –
In Bethel, Maine, the largest snowwoman (122 feet, 1 inch tall) melted completely –
Weather
During Tropical Storm Brenda, 4.5 inches of rain fell in 11 hours on New York City –
