Christopher Robin Milne(A. A. Milne’s son who he modeled Christopher Robin after in the Winnie the Pooh stories)β
Princess Margaret(younger sister of Queen Elizabeth II)β
Wilt Chamberlain(basketball player)β
Kenny Rogers(singer)β
Clarence Williams, III(actor)β
Kim Cattrall(actress)β
Jim McMahon(football player)β
Carrie-Anne Moss(actress)β
Hayden Panettiere(actress)β
Died
Ernest Lawrence Thayer(poet)β
Charles Eames(designer & architect)β
Ray-Bernice Eames(designer)β
John Amos(actor)β
Events
Nat Turner, a deeply religious enslaved man, led a violent rebellion of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia
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The American Bar Association was foundedβ
William S. Burroughs received a patent for an adding machineβ
Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa was stolen by a Louvre employee, Vincenzo Peruggiaβ
Arthur R. Eldred became the first Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of Americaβ
United Nations building opened in New York Cityβ
Family claimed home invaded by goblin-like space creatures, Kelly, KYβ
Hawaii became the U.S.βs fiftieth stateβ
Executive Order for a 50-star U.S. flag issuedβ
Gemini 5 was launched and went on to break a record, spending eight days in spaceβ
Four men possibly abducted by UFO, Allagash waterway, Maineβ
The Young and the Restless shot its 10,000th episodeβ
Weather
Deadly tornado hit Wilmington Delawareβ
Tornado hit Tyler, Michiganβ
The temperature in Fayetteville, North Carolina, reached a record high 110 degrees Fβ
Hurricane Dean hit the Caribbean coast of Mexico as a Category 5 hurricaneβ
Tropical Storm Fay made landfall in Florida for the third time in a week. Fay was the fourth storm in history to make landfall as a tropical storm three times.β