Kris Kristofferson (singer, songwriter, and actor)–
Events
Explorer Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo of Portugal arrived at what is now San Diego Bay–
First photograph of a comet–
Grand jury in Chicago indicted eight players of the Chicago White Sox for throwing” the 1919 World Series”–
Hazel, based on The Saturday Evening Post’s cartoon by Ted Key, premiered on television–
150th flight of the X-15 aircraft–
Little Joe, a 5-foot, 300-pound adolescent gorilla born in captivity, escaped from the Franklin Park Zoo in Massachusetts for a second time minutes before closing time. It also had escaped from its section of the Tropical Forest exhibit in August 2003–
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.0, near Parkfield, California, was felt from San Francisco to Los Angeles–
The U.S. government released the new $50 bills into circulation. The redesigned bill had splashes of red, blue, and yellow–
437 people dressed as Superman set a world record in Calgary, Alberta–
Weather
The first of three early snowstorms hit the Northeast, where Hamilton, New York, received four inches of snow and Ashby, Massachusetts got two inches–
Astoria, Oregon, had a high temperature of 83 degrees F–
Waterspout formed near Smithtown Bay, New York–
Hurricane Ian hit the southwest coast of Florida as a category 4 hurricane.
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