William Bradford 1590 (Baptism date) - Founder and Governor of Plymouth Colony, David Livingston 1813 - Scottish explorer and medical missionary, Sir Richard Francis Burton 1821 - English geographer, explorer, translator, writer, soldier
Wyatt Earp 1848 - American gambler, sheriff and Deputy Town Marshal of Tombstone, AZ, he took part in Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, William Jennings Bryan 1860 - American politician, John Joseph Sirica 1904 - Judge that ordered U.S. President Nixon to turn over his recording of White House conversations
Adolph Eichmann 1906 - German Nazi SS officer, executed for his role in mass deportation of Jews to guettos and extermination camps, Ursula Andress 1936 - Actress, Bruce Willis 1955 - Actor ("Die Hard", "The Sixth Sense")
1903 - The U.S. Senate ratified the Cuban treaty, gaining naval bases in Guantanamo and Bahia Honda.
1918 - The U.S. Congress approved Daylight-Saving Time.
1931 - The state of Nevada legalized gambling.
1945 - About 800 people were killed as Japanese kamikaze planes attacked the U.S. carrier Franklin off Japan.
1945 - Adolf Hitler issued his "Nero Decree" which ordered the destruction of German facilities that could fall into Allied hands as German forces were retreating.
1987 - Televangelist Jim Bakker resigned from the PTL due to a scandal involving Jessica Hahn.
1998 - The World Health Organization warned of tuberculosis epidemic that could kill 70 million people in next two decades.
2001 - California officials declared a power alert and ordered the first of two days of rolling blackouts.
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