Sir Christopher Wren 1632 - Architect, astronomer, mathematician, Bela Lugosi (Blasko) 1882 - Actor ("Dracula"), Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay) 1905 - Author
Will Rogers, Jr. 1912 - Actor ("The Story of Will Rogers"), Mickey Mantle 1931 - Baseball player, Tom Petty 1950 - Musician (Traveling Wilburys )
1774 - The new Continental Congress, the governing body of America’s colonies, passed an order proclaiming that all citizens of the colonies "discountenance and discourage all horse racing and all kinds of gaming, cock fighting, exhibitions of shows, plays and other expensive diversions and entertainment."
1803 - The U.S. Senate approved the Louisiana Purchase.
1818 - The U.S. and Great Britain established the boundary between the U.S. and Canada to be the 49th parallel.
1892 - The city of Chicago dedicated the World's Columbian Exposition.
1947 - Hollywood came under scrutiny as the House Un-American Activities Committee opened hearings into alleged Communist influence within the motion picture industry.
1952 - The Mau Mau uprising against white settlers began in Kenya.
1957 - Walter Cronkite began hosting "The 20th Century." The show aired until January 4, 1970.
1968 - Jackie Lee Bouvier Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis.
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