Pierre Elliott Trudeau 1919 - Prime Minister of Canada, Chuck Berry (Charles Edward Anderson Berry) 1926 - Singer, George C. Scott 1927 - Actor ("Patton," "Taps")
Lee Harvey Oswald 1939 - Accused of assassinating U.S. President John F. Kennedy, Willie Horton 1942 - Baseball player, Laura Nyro 1947 - Singer, songwriter
Pam Dawber 1951 - Actress ("Mork & Mindy"), Martina Navratilova 1956 - Tennis player, Jean-Claude Van Damme 1960- Actor ("Double Impact," "Hard Target")
1469 - Ferdinand of Aragon married Isabella of Castile. The marriage united all the dominions of Spain.
1767 - The Mason-Dixon line was agreed upon. It was the boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
1842 - Samuel Finley Breese Morse laid his first telegraph cable.
1867 - The U.S. took formal possession of Alaska from Russia. The land was purchased of a total of $7 million dollars (2 cents per acre).
1943 - The first broadcast of "Perry Mason" was presented on CBS Radio. The show went to TV in 1957.
1967 - The American League granted permission for the A's to move to Oakland. Also, new franchises were awarded to Kansas City and Seattle.
1968 - Two black athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, were suspended by the U.S. Olympic Committee for giving a "black power" salute during a ceremony in Mexico City.
1971 - After 34 years, the final issue of "Look" magazine was published.
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