Dorothea Dix 1802, Linus Yale 1821 - Inventor (Yale Infallible Bank Lock and cylinder lock), William Manchester 1922
Anthony Perkins 1932 - Actor (Movies: "Psyco" series), Hugh Masekela 1939 - Musician, band leader, Craig T. Nelson 1944 - Actor (Movies: "Turner and Hooch", "Stir Crazy", "Poltergeist")
1581 - Francis Drake completed the circumnavigation of the world.
1818 - A plan was passsed by the U.S. Congress that the U.S. flag would have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars and that a new star would be added for the each new state.
1918 - The Battle of Somme, an offensive by the British against the German Army ended.
1932 - After five years of research, professor C.G. King, of the University of Pittsburgh, isolated vitamin C.
1945 - During World War II, U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany.
1949 - Twelve nations signed a treaty to create The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
1968 - Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39.
1973 - In New York, the original World Trade Center twin towers opened. At the time they were the tallest building in the world.
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