Ty Cobb 1886 - Baseball player, Betty Grable 1916, Ossie Davis 1917 - Actor
Keith Richards 1943 - Musician (Rolling Stones), Steven Spielberg 1947 Movie producer-director,
Brad Pitt 1963 Actor
1862 - The first orthopedic hospital was organized in New York City. It was called the Hospital for Ruptured and Crippled.
1865 - Slavery was abolished in the United States with the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution being ratified.
1898 - A new automobile speed record was set at 39 mph (63 kph).
1912 - The discovery of the Piltdown Man in East Sussex was announced. It was proved to be a hoax in 1953.
1940 - Adolf Hitler signed a secret directive ordering preparations for a Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union. Operation "Barbarossa" was launched in June 1941.
1956 - "To Tell the Truth" debuted on CBS-TV.
1957 - The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania went online. It was the first nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States. It was taken out of service in 1982.
1998 - The U.S. House of Representatives began the debate on the four articles of impeachment concerning U.S. President Bill Clinton. It was only the second time in U.S.history that process had begun.
2009 - General Motors announced that it would shut down its Saab brand.
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