First McDonald's in U.S.S.R. opens, 1990
Ayatollah Khomeini returns to Iran from exile, 1979
John F. Kennedy announces bid for Presidency, 1960
First successful launch of U.S. space satellite [Explorer I], 1958
Phil Collins' Birthday, 1951
President Truman authorizes production of Hydrogen Bomb, 1950
Nolan Ryan's Birthday, 1947
Lowest recorded temperature in Canada [Whitehorse, Yukon Territory], negative 62 degees Fahrenheit, 1947
Suzanne Pleshette's Birthday, 1937
Ernie Banks' Birthday, 1931
Carol Channing's Birthday, 1923
Norman Mailer's Birthday, 1923
Joe Malone scores NHL record 7 goals in one game, 1920
Jackie Robinson's Birthday, 1919
Germany, suffering from British blockade, declares unrestricted sub warfare, 1917
Zane Grey's Birthday, 1875
13th Amendment [abolishing slavery] proposed by Congress, 1865
James G. Blaine's Birthday, 1830
Franz Schubert's Birthday, 1797
Bloody Sunday [Northern Ireland], 1972
Beatles last public appearance, 1969
Tet Offensive launched, 1968
Jody Watley's Birthday, 1961
Curtis Strange's Birthday, 1955
Mahatma Gandhi assassinated, 1948
Richard Cheney's Birthday, 1941
Vanessa Redgrave's Birthday, 1937
Adolph Hitler becomes Chancellor of Germany, 1933
"The Lone Ranger" radio show is first broadcast, 1933
Gene Hackman's Birthday, 1930
Dick Martin's Birthday, 1922
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's Birthday, 1882
First assassination attempt on a President [Andrew Jackson], 1835
Charles I beheaded by order of Parliament under Oliver Cromwell, 1649
Canadians help six U.S. Embassy hostages escape from Iran, 1980
Greg Louganis' Birthday, 1960
Steve Sax's Birthday, 1960
Oprah Winfrey's Birthday, 1954
Ann Julian's Birthday, 1951
Truman proposes beginning of aid to underdeveloped countries, 1949
Tom Selleck's Birthday, 1945
Ty Cobb, Walter Johnson, Christy Mathewson, Babe Ruth, and Honus Wagner elected as first members of the Baseball Hall of Fame, 1936
John Forsythe's Birthday, 1918
W.C. Fields' Birthday, 1880
Kansas admitted as 34th State, 1861
Anton Pavlovich Chechov's Birthday, 1860
William McKinley's Birthday, 1843
Thomas Paine's Birthday, 1737
Challenger space shuttle explodes, 1986
"We Are the World" song recorded to support famine relief in Africa, 1985
NFL franchises awarded to Dallas and Minnesota, 1960
Elvis makes his television debut [CBS "Stage Show"], 1956
First Emmy Awards presented, 1948
Alan Alda's Birthday, 1936
Congress establishes U.S. Coast Guard, 1915
End of Second U.S Provisional Government of Cuba, 1909
Baseball's American League founded, 1900
First commercial telephone exchange opens [New Haven, CT], 1878
Henry Morton Stanley's Birthday, 1841
Vietnam War cease-fire signed, 1973
End of military draft announced, 1973
Apollo I spacecraft fire kills three astronauts, 1967
Cris Collinsworth's Birthday, 1959
Mikhail Baryshnikov's Birthday, 1948
Donna Reed's Birthday, 1921
George Hyman Rickover's Birthday, 1900
Samuel Gomper's Birthday, 1850
Lewis Carroll's Birthday, 1832
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Birthday, 1756
Republic Day [India]
Steve Smith is first to pole-vault over 18 feet, 1973
Charles Manson and 3 followers found guilty, 1971
Wayne Gretzky's Birthday, 1961
Jack Youngblood's Birthday, 1950
Gene Siskel's Birthday, 1946
Soviets liberate Auschwitz concentration camp, 1945
Angela Davis' Birthday, 1944
First U.S. World War II troops land in Europe [Ireland], 1942
Bob Uecker's Birthday, 1935
Jules Feiffer's Birthday, 1929
Paul Newman's Birthday, 1925
Douglas MacArthur's Birthday, 1880
Virginia is readmitted to the Union, 1870
Louisiana secedes from the Union, 1861
Michigan admitted as 26th State, 1837
First British settlement in Australia [Botany Bay], 1788
Nazi Gestapo chief Klaus Barbie is arrested in Bolivia, 1983
Idi Amin seizes power in Uganda, 1971
Mark Duper's Birthday, 1959
Eduard Shevardnadze's Birthday, 1928
Lou Groza's Birthday, 1924
"Cory" Corazon Aquino's Birthday, 1923
Virginia Woolf's Birthday, 1882
Charles Curtis' Birthday, 1860
Robert Burn's Birthday, 1759
Apple Computer introduces the Macintosh, 1984
Lech Walesa leads Polish Solidarity Union on its first major strike, 1981
Mary Lou Retton's Birthday, 1968
Nastassja Kinski's Birthday, 1961
Yakov Smirnoff's Birthday, 1951
John Belushi's Birthday, 1950
Grand Rapids is first U.S. city to fluoridate its water, 1945
Soviet troops reach German soil, 1945
Neil Diamond's Birthday, 1941
Oral Roberts' Birthday, 1918
Ernest Borgnine's Birthday, 1917
Edith Wharton's Birthday, 1937
California Gold Rush begins at Sutter's Mill, 1848
Coalition forces begin ground war against Iraq, 1991
U.S.S. Pueblo and 83 man crew seized by North Koreans, 1968
24th Amendment [forbids collection of poll tax] ratified, 1964
Akeem Olajuwon's Birthday, 1963
Princess Caroline of Monaco's Birthday, 1957
Pat Haden's Birthday, 1953
20th Amendment [changed presidential inaugaration to January 20 from March 4] ratified, 1933
Edouard Manet's Birthday, 1832
Washington, Georgia is first town named after the President, 1794
John Hancock's Birthday, 1737
Soviets announce decree removing all 50 and 100 Ruble notes from circulation, 1991
George Forman beats Joe Frazier in second round to win Heavyweight Boxing Title, 1973
Supreme Court issues "Roe v. Wade" decision, 1973
NBA franchises awarded to Milwaukee and Phoenix, 1968
Linda Blair's Birthday, 1959
Steve Perry's Birthday, 1949
John Hurt's Birthday, 1940
Pierre S. duPont's Birthday, 1935
Bill Bixby's Birthday, 1934
U Thant's Birthday, 1909
Frederick Moore Vinson's Birthday, 1890
David Griffith's Birthday, 1875
Andre Ampere's Birthday, 1775
Postal service between Boston and New York begins, 1673
Francis Bacon's Birthday, 1561
