Charles Merrill 1885 - Founder of Merrill-Lynch, Jack Anderson 1922 - Columnist, commentator, author, John le Carre (David Cornwell) 1931 - Author ("The Russia House")
Robert Reed 1932 - Actor ("The Brady Bunch") Peter Max 1937 - Artist, John Lithgow 1945 - Actor (Movie:"Twilight Zone-The Movie," TV: "3rd Rock from the Son")
1781 - British General Charles Lord Cornwallis surrendered to U.S. General George Washington at Yorktown, Virginia. It was to be the last major battle of the American Revolutionary War.
1812 - Napoleon Bonaparte's French forces began their retreat out of Russia after a month of chasing the retreating Russian army.
1814 - In Baltimore, MD, the first documented performance of "The Defence of Fort McHenry" with music took place at the Holliday Street Theatre. The work was later published under the title "The Star-Spangled Banner."
1937 - "Woman's Day" was published for the first time.
1944 - The U.S. Navy announced that black women would be allowed into Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service (WAVES).
1959 - Patty Duke, at the age of 12, made her Broadway debut in "The Miracle Worker." The play lasted for 700 performances.
1969 - U.S. Vice President Spiro Agnew referred to anti-Vietnam War protesters "an effete corps of impudent snobs."
1987 - The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 508 points. It was the worst one-day percentage decline, 22.6%, in history.
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