Republic Day [South Africa]
House Speaker Jim Wright, facing 69 ethics charges, announces his resignation, 1989
Brooke Shields' Birthday, 1965
Nazi war criminal Adolph Eichmann is hanged, 1962
Tom Berenger's Birthday, 1950
Communists take control of Hungary, 1947
Joe Namath's Birthday, 1943
Johnny Paychecks' Birthday, 1941
Terry Waite's Birthday, 1939
Clint Eastwood's Birthday, 1930
Prince Rainier of Monaco's Birthday, 1923
17th Amendment allows for popular election of U.S. Senators, 1913
Great Johnstown [PA] Flood, 1889
Pope Pius XI's Birthday, 1857
Walt Whitman's Birthday, 1819
President Washington signs first U.S. Copyright Act, 1790
Chinese Students begin erecting Goddess of Democracy statue in Tiananmen Square, 1989
Gale Sayers' Birthday, 1940
Lincoln Memorial dedicated, 1922
First Indianapolis 500 [Ray Harroun wins], 1911
Benny Goodman's Birthday, 1909
Mel Blanc's Birthday, 1908
President Pierce signs Kansas-Nebraska Act, 1854
University of Marburg [Germany] founded, 1527
Boris Yeltsin elected president of the Russian Federation, 1990
Reagan meets with Gorbachev in Moscow, 1988
Mathias Rust lands a plane in Red Square, 1987
Eric Davis' Birthday, 1962
Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become first humans to reach summit of Mt. Everest, 1953
Al Unser's Birthday, 1939
John F. Kennedy's Birthday, 1917
Supreme Court upholds antitrust breakup of American Tobacco Company, 1911
Bob Hope's Birthday, 1903
Wisconsin admitted as 30th State, 1848
Rhode Island is 13th State to ratify the Constitution, 1790
"Virginia Plan" introduced at Constitutional Convention, 1787
Patrick Henry's Birthday, 1736
George Brett hits a single, a double, a triple, and 2 home runs in one game, 1979
Kirk Gibson's Birthday, 1957
Sandra Locke's Birthday, 1947
Gladys Knight's Birthday, 1944
Jerry West's Birthday, 1938
Ian Fleming's Birthday, 1908
Jim Thorpe's Birthday, 1888
William Pitt's Birthday, 1759
Golden Gate Bridge opens, 1937
Lou Gossett, Jr's Birthday, 1936
Herman Sessions' Birthday, 1930
Henry Kissinger's Birthday, 1923
Yasuhiro Nakasone's Birthday, 1917
Herman Wouk's Birthday, 1915
Sam Snead's Birthday, 1912
Hubert Humphrey's Birthday, 1911
Vincent Price's Birthday, 1911
Amelia Bloomer's Birthday, 1818
Opening of the Resorts International Hotel Casino, beginning of legalized Atlantic City gambling, 1978
Wesley Walker's Birthday, 1955
U.S., Britain, and France sign a peace treaty with West Germany, 1952
Sally K. Ride's Birthday, 1951
Philip Michael Thomas' Birthday, 1949
Hank Williams, Jr's Birthday, 1949
Stevie Nicks' Birthday, 1948
Darrell Evans' Birthday, 1947
Brent Musburger's Birthday, 1939
John Wayne's Birthday, 1907
Last Czar of Russia [Nicholas II] crowned, 1896
Al Jolson's Birthday, 1886
Over six million link hands for the homeless in "Hands Across America", 1986
"Star Wars" movie released, 1977
Gateway Arch in St. Louis [MO] opens, 1968
Organization for African Unity formed, 1963
In speech to Congress, President Kennedy calls for a manned landing on the moon before end of decade, 1961
Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana law prohibiting matches between white and black boxers, 1959
Independence Day [Jordan], 1946
Babe Ruth's last Major League home run, 1935
K. C. Jones' Birthday, 1932
Miles Davis' Birthday, 1926
Gene Tunney's Birthday, 1898
Tito's Birthday, 1892
Igor Sikorsky's Birthday, 1889
Independence Day [Argentina], 1810
Ralph Waldo Emerson's Birthday, 1803
Constitutional Convention opens, 1787
Commonwealth Day [Belize]
Culture Day [Bulgaria]
Scott Carpenter becomes second American to orbit Earth, 1962
Priscilla Presley's Birthday, 1946
Patti Labelle's Birthday, 1944
Bob Dylan's Birthday, 1941
First Major League Baseball night game [Phillies vs. Reds at Crosley Field], 1935
Brooklyn Bridge opens, 1883
First telegraph message sent: "What Hath God Wrought!", 1844
Queen Victoria's Birthday, 1819
Marvelous Marvin Hagler's Birthday, 1952
John Newcombe's Birthday, 1943
Within 45 minutes, Jesse Owens breaks 5 world records and ties a 6th, 1935
Robert Moog's Birthday, 1934
Bonnie and Clyde killed by Texas Rangers, 1933
Joan Collins' Birthday, 1933
South Carolina is 8th state to ratify the Constitution, 1788
Carolus Linnaeus' Birthday, 1707
Johnny Carson's last night on the Tonight Show, 1992
The Orient Express makes its last regularly scheduled run after 94 years of service, 1977
Nixon is first President to visit the Soviet Union, 1972
Tommy John's Birthday, 1943
Sir Laurence Olivier's Birthday, 1907
First Stanley Cup game [Montreal beats Ottawa], 1893
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Birthday, 1859
Richard Wagner's Birthday, 1813
