Linda McCartney(photographer, singer, activist, & wife of Beatle Paul McCartney)–
Joe Greene(American football player)–
Phil Hartman(actor)–
Joseph Patrick Kennedy(politician)–
Nia Vardalos(actress)–
Kristin Talbot(Olympic speed skater)–
Paul Spoljaric(baseball player)–
Kevin Millar(baseball player)–
Matt McKeon(Olympic soccer player)–
Died
Theodor Geisel(author known as Dr. Seuss)–
Jeffrey Moss(television writer, created Cookie Monster on Sesame Street)–
Mike Webster(football player)–
Events
Black Friday financial crisis –
Fire breaks out at the U.S. Patent Office, Wash., D.C. –
James Henry Fleming was the first to band a bird in Canada –
Ernst A. Couturier patented a trumpet design –
The world’s first transatlantic telephone cable, from Clarenville, Newfoundland, to Oban, Scotland, began operation –
The Brooklyn Dodgers played their last game at Ebbets Field –
The USS Enterprise, the first U.S. atomic-powered aircraft carrier, was launched at Newport News, Virginia –
First TV newsmagazine, 60 Minutes, debuted –
Tennis player Vicki Nelson-Dunbar played Jean Hepner in a 29-minute, 643-shot rally in Richmond, Virginia. The rally remains the longest point played in a professional tennis match. Nelson-Dunbar says the two-set match lasted 61/2 hours. It was the longest rally in the history of professional tennis and probably in the history of any kind of competitive tennis. –
The first female Episcopal assistant bishop was elected –
Weather
Yellowstone Park recorded a temperature of -9 degrees F –
The Sun and Moon appeared blue/pink/purple over the northeastern U.S. due to smoke from forest fires in Alberta and British Columbia, Canada –
