Napoleon Bonaparte 1769, Sir Walter Scott 1771, T.E. Lawrence ("Lawrence of Arabia") 1888
Julia Child 1912, Phyllis Schlafly 1924, Ben Affleck 1972
1848 - The dental chair was patented by M. Waldo Hanchett.
1877 - Thomas Edison wrote to the president of the Telegraph Company in Pittsburgh, PA. The letter stated that the word, "hello" would be a more appropriate greeting than "ahoy" when answering the telephone.
1911 - The product Crisco was introduced by Procter & Gamble Company.
1914 - The Panama Canal was officially opened to commercial traffic as an American ship sailed from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. The first vessel to pass through the canal was the American cargo and passenger ship SS Ancon.
1935 - Will Rogers and Wiley Post were killed in an airplane crash in near Point Barrow, AK.
1945 - The Allies proclaimed V-J Day a day after Japan agreed to surrender unconditionally.
1948 - CBS-TV inaugurated the first nightly news broadcast with anchorman Douglas Edwards.
1971 - U.S. President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on wages, rents and prices.
1992 - Vietnam blamed Hollywood for creating the "myth" concerning the issue of U.S. servicemen still being held prisoner in Indochina.
1997 - The U.S. Justice Department decided not to prosecute FBI officials in connection with the deadly 1992 Ruby Ridge siege in Idaho. The investigation dealt with an alleged cover-up.
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