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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