Nat Turner(A deeply religious enslaved man who in August 1831 led a violent rebellion of enslaved people in Southampton County, Virginia
)β
Julius von Sachs(botanist)β
Sir William Ramsay(chemist)β
Mahatma Gandhi(Indian spiritual leader)β
Wallace Stevens(poet)β
Groucho Marx(actor)β
Bud Abbott(comedian)β
Alex Raymond(cartoonist, creator of Flash Gordon)β
Jack Finney(author)β
Don McLean(musician)β
Donna Karan(fashion designer)β
Sting(singer)β
Lorraine Bracco(actress)β
Kelly Ripa(actress & television host)β
Tiffany(singer)β
Died
Rock Hudson(actor)β
Adrian Spies(television writer)β
Gene Autry(singer & songwriter)β
Nipsey Russell(actor)β
Tom Petty(musician)β
Events
Brigham Young, Mormon leader, is arrested in Salt Lake City on polygamy chargesβ
Estimated 7.1 earthquake, Pleasant Valley, Nevadaβ
President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke leaving him partially paralyzedβ
Peanuts cartoon debutedβ
Bob Shaw set an NFL record with five touchdown passesβ
Alfred Hitchcock Presents made its television debutβ
The Twilight Zone premieredβ
Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as a U.S. Supreme Court justiceβ
President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill establishing the Redwood National Park in Californiaβ
Boston Red Sox outfielder Carl Yastrzemski retired after 3308 major league games, 3419 hits and a .285 lifetime batting averageβ
Eastern Maine was shook by a magnitude 3.9 earthquakeβ
Weather
Racer’s Storm - named for the H.M.S. Racer, which had encountered it in the Caribbean - began its rampage of the South near Brownsville, Texas. It was one of the most destructive hurricanes of the 19th century, covering more than 2,000 miles.β
A severe windstorm hit northern California and Oregon, causing crop damage in the Sacramento Valleyβ