Guatama Buddha 563 BC - 'The Enlightened One' in the Buddhist faith, Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg 1896 - Song lyricist ("Over the Rainbow," all of the songs in The Wizard of Oz), Sonja Henie 1912 - Ice skater
Elizabeth "Betty" Ford (Bloomer) 1918 - Wife of 38th U.S. President Gerald R. Ford, founder of the Betty Ford Clinic, Peggy Lennon 1941 - Singer (Lennon Sisters), Darlene Gillespie 1941 - TV personality ("The Mickey Mouse Club")
1873 - Alfred Paraf patented the first successful oleomargarine.
1911 - The first squash tournament was played at the Harvard Club in New York City.
1913 - The Seventeenth amendment was ratified, requiring direct election of senators.
1952 - U.S. President Truman seized steel mills to prevent a nationwide strike.
1962 - Bay of Pigs invaders got thirty years imprisonment in Cuba.
1974 - Hank Aaron hits 715th home run breaking Babe Ruth's record.
1986 - Clint Eastwood was elected mayor of Carmel, CA.
2001 - Microsoft Corp. released Internet Explorer 6.0.
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