Martin Van Buren (U.S.) 1782, George Armstrong Custer 1839, Walt Elias Disney 1901
Otto Preminger 1906, Little Richard (Richard Wayne Penniman) 1932, Jim Messina 1947
1492 - Christopher Columbus discovered Hispaniola (now Haiti).
1776 - In Williamsburg, VA, at the College of William and Mary the first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized.
1782 - The first native U.S. president, Martin Van Buren, was born in Kinderhook, NY.
1848 - U.S. President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of '49 by confirming the fact that gold had been discovered in California.
1876 - The Stillson wrench was patented by D.C. Stillson. The device was the first practical pipe wrench.
1904 - The Russian fleet was destroyed by the Japanese at Port Arthur, during the Russo-Japanese War.
1932 - German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa making it possible for him to travel to the U.S.
1945 - The so-called "Lost Squadron" disappeared. The five U.S. Navy Avenger bombers carrying 14 Navy flyers began a training mission at the Ft. Lauderdale Naval Air Station. They were never heard from again.
1978 - The American space probe Pioneer Venus I, orbiting Venus, began beaming back its first information and picture of the planet.
1985 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 for the first time.
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