Edward Gibbon 1737 - Historian, author, Samuel F.B. (Finley Breese) Morse 1791 - Inventor (electromagnetic telegraph), Ulysses S. Grant 1822 - 18th U.S. President, Lt. General in command of all Union armies during the U.S. Civil War, nickname: Hero of Appomattox
Wallace Hume 1896 - Chemist, inventor, credited with invention of nylon, Walter Lantz 1900 - Animator, creator of Woody Woodpecker, Jack Klugman 1922 - Actor ("The Odd Couple", "Quincy, M.E.")
Coretta Scott King 1927 - Wife of Dr. Martin Luther King, Casey Kasem (Kemal Amin Kasem) 1932 - Radio announcer, DJ, host ("American Top 40), character voice of Shaggy from Scooby Doo, actor ("Hawaii Five-O"), Sheena Easton 1959 - Singer
1521 - Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was killed by natives in the Philippines.
1861 - U.S. President Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas corpus.
1861 - West Virginia seceded from Virginia after Virginia seceded from the Union during the American Civil War.
1880 - Francis Clarke and M.G. Foster patented the electrical hearing aid.
1953 - The U.S. offered $50,000 and political asylum to any Communist pilot that delivered a MIG jet.
1960 - The submarine Tullibee was launched from Groton, CT. It was the first sub to be equipped with closed-circuit television.
1965 - "Pampers" were patented by R.C. Duncan.
1978 - Pro-Soviet Marxists seized control of Afghanistan.
1989 - Student protestors took over Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
2005 - The A380, the world's largest jetliner, completed its maiden flight. The passenger capability was 840.
No comments:
Post a Comment