William Penn(Quaker; founder of Pennsylvania, named in honor of his father)–
Francis Lightfoot Lee(American Revolutionary leader)–
Sir Edward Sabine(astronomer)–
Ray Ewry(track and field star)–
Dwight D. Eisenhower(34th U.S. president)–
e. e. cummings(poet)–
Eugene Fodor(travel writer)–
Charles Everett Koop(U.S. Surgeon General)–
Roger Moore(actor)–
Ralph Lauren(designer)–
Sheila Young(speed skater, cyclist)–
Harry Anderson(actor)–
Usher(singer)–
Jordan Brower(actor)–
Died
Bing Crosby(singer)–
Cleveland Amory(critic and animal rights activist)–
Lou Albano(American professional wrestler, manager and actor)–
Events
While campaigning in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, former president Theodore Roosevelt was shot by William Schrank –
First contingent of Canadian Expeditionary Force arrived in England, during WWI –
Poland presented 5.5 million goodwill signatures to the United States for 150th anniversary of American independence –
A. A. Milne’s classic, Winnie-the-Pooh, was published –
Girl Crazy by George Gershwin opened at the Alvin Theatre in New York –
German U-boat sank passenger ferry S.S. Caribou in Cabot Strait –
Charles Yeager, piloting a Bell X-1 jet, became the first person to break the sound barrier, reaching Mach 1.06 –
Queen Elizabeth II began Canadian tour –
Eighteen-month old Jessica McClure (Baby Jessica) fell down an abandoned well in Midland, Texas –
The Illinois Natural Resources Department confirmed that a 17-inch fish caught in Chicago’s Burnham Harbor in Lake Michigan was an invasive snakehead, a feared Frankenfish known to eat native fish and compete with them for food –
A Ghanaian-registered Boeing 747 cargo jet crashed and burned on take off from Halifax airport in eastern Canada –
The United States Air Force Memorial was dedicated, Arlington, Virginia –
Khagendra Thapa Magar, from Pokhara, Nepal, turned 18 years old and was certified by Guinness World Records as the world’s shortest living man, at 26.4 inches tall. –
Video tweet was posted of a miniature horse seen in the back seat of a neighboring car in Iowa –
Weather
Hail in southern Oklahoma caused major crop and property damage –
The first regularly scheduled television weathercast was seen on WNBT (later, WNBC) in New York City. –
Albany, New York, had a temperature of 21 degrees F –
