John Marshall 1755, F. Scott Fitzgerald 1896, Jim McKay 1921
Jim Henson 1936 - Puppeteer, artist, cartoonist, actor,Creator of The Muppets, Linda McCartney 1941 - Musician (Wings), wife of Paul McCartney (Beatles), Gerry Marsden 1942 - Singer (Gerry and the Pacemakers)
"Mean" Joe Green 1946 - Football player, Phil Hartman 1948 - Comedian, actor, Kevin Sorbo 1958 - Actor
1869 - Thousands of businessmen were financially ruined after a panic on Wall Street. The panic was caused by an attempt to corner the gold market by Jay Gould and James Fisk.
1929 - The first all-instrument flight took place in New York when Lt. James H. Doolittle guided a Consolidated NY2 Biplane over Mitchell Field.
1938 - Don Budge became the first tennis player to win all four of the major titles when he won the U.S. Tennis Open. He had already won the Australian Open, the French Open and the British Open.
1955 - U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower suffered a heart attack while on vacation in Denver, CO.
1957 - U.S. President Eisenhower sent federal troops to Little Rock, AR, to enforce school integration.
1960 - The first nuclear powered aircraft carrier was launched. The USS Enterprise set out from Newport News, VA.
1963 - The U.S. Senate ratified a treaty that limited nuclear testing. The treaty was between the U.S., Britain, and the Soviet Union.
1968 - "60 Minutes" premiered on CBS-TV.
1968 - "The Mod Squad" premiered on ABC-TV.
1977 - "The Love Boat" debuted on ABC-TV. The theme song was sung by Jack Jones and was written by Paul Williams and Charles Fox.
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