Chester Morris 1901, Hugh Beaumont 1909, Sonny Bono 1935 - Singer (Sonny and Cher)
William Katt 1951 - Actor, LeVar Burton 1957 - Actor, John McEnroe 1959 - Tennis player
1804 - A raid was led by Lt. Stephen Decatur to burn the U.S. Navy frigate Philadelphia. The ship had been taken by pirates.
1857 - The National Deaf Mute College was incorporated in Washington, DC. It was the first school in the world for advanced education of the deaf. The school was later renamed Gallaudet College.
1883 - "Ladies Home Journal" began publication.
1923 - Howard Carter unsealed the burial chamber of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamen. The next day he entered the chamber with several invited guests. He had originally found the tomb on November 4, 1922.
1937 - Wallace H. Carothers received a patent for nylon. Carothers was a research chemist for Du Pont.
1959 - Fidel Castro seized power in Cuba after the overthrow of President Fulgencio Batista.
1960 - The U.S.S. Triton began the first circumnavigation of the globe under water. The trip ended on May 10.
1968 - In the U.S., the first 911 emergency telephone system was inaugurated in Haleyville, AL.
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