Thomas Hobbes 1588, Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery), Gregory Peck 1916 - Actor ("To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]", "The Guns of Navarone", "Captain Horatio Hornblower")
Colin Powell 1937 - U.S. Secretary of State, four-star general, Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, Agnetha Faltskog 1950 - Singer (ABBA), Brad Van Pelt 1951 - Football player
1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began the first regular production of balloon tires.
1955 - Winston Churchill resigned as British prime minister.
1985 - John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis."
1998 - The Akashi Kaikyo Bridge in Japan opened becoming the largest suspension bridge in the world. It links Shikoku and Honshu. The bridge cost about $3.8 billion.
1999 - Two Libyans suspected of bombing a Pan Am jet in 1988 were handed over so they could be flown to the Netherlands for trial. 270 people were killed in the bombing.
2009 - North Korea launched the Kwangmyongsong-2 rocket, prompting an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
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