Hawaii admitted as 50th State, 1959
Jim McMahon's Birthday, 1959
Archie Griffin's Birthday, 1954
Dumbarton Oaks Conference begins, 1944
Kenny Rogers' Birthday, 1938
Wilt Chamberlain's Birthday, 1936
Princess Margaret's Birthday, 1930
William "Count" Basie's Birthday, 1904
Adding machine patented, 1888
First Lincoln-Douglas Debate, 1858
Robert Plant's Birthday, 1948
Connie Chung's Birthday, 1946
Graig Nettles' Birthday, 1944
Terry Sanford's Birthday, 1917
Benjamin Harrison's Birthday, 1833
Two Libyan jets are shot down after they open fire on an American plane, 1981
Ron Darling's Birthday, 1960
Anthony Munoz's Birthday, 1958
Eddie Gaedel's at bat, 1951
Jill St. John's Birthday, 1940
Willie Shoemaker's Birthday, 1931
Malcolm Forbes' Birthday, 1919
Ring Lardner's Birthday, 1915
Ogden Nash's Birthday, 1902
Orville Wright's Birthday, 1871
Malcolm Jamal Warner's Birthday, 1970
Patrick Swayze's Birthday, 1954
Martin Mull's Birthday, 1943
Robert Redford's Birthday, 1937
Roberto Clemente's Birthday, 1934
Roman Polanski's Birthday, 1933
Rosalynn Carter's Birthday, 1927
Shelly Winters' Birthday, 1922
Caspar Weinberger's Birthday, 1917
Wilson appeals for neutrality to War in Europe, 1914
Congress establishes Bureau of Immigration, 1894
Marshall Field's Birthday, 1835
Meriwether Lewis' Birthday, 1774
Birthday of first English child born in the New World [Virginia Dare], 1587
First trans-atlantic balloon flight ["Double Eagle II"] lands in France, 1978
Independence Day [Gabon], 1960
Sean Penn's Birthday, 1960
Belinda Carlisle's Birthday, 1958
Guillermo Vilas' Birthday, 1952
Independence Day [Indonesia], 1945
Robert De Niro's Birthday, 1943
Francis Gary Powers' Birthday, 1929
Gold discovered in Klondike region of the Yukon, 1896
Mae West's Birthday, 1892
Marcus Garvey's Birthday, 1887
Samuel Goldwyn's Birthday, 1882
Davie Crockett's Birthday, 1786
Timothy Hutton's Birthday, 1960
Madonna's Birthday, 1958
Eydie Gorme's Birthday, 1932
Frank Gifford's Birthday, 1930
Margaret Mitchell's Birthday, 1900
George Meany's Birthday, 1894
Amos Alonzo Stagg's Birthday, 1862
Battle of Camden, 1780
Battle of Bennington, 1777
Andrew Young resigns as U.S. U.N. delegate due to his unofficial meetings with members of the P.L.O., 1979
President Nixon orders a 90-day wage-price freeze, 1971
Woodstock Festival begins, 1969
Independence Day [India], 1947
V-J Day celebrations, 1945
Linda Ellerbee's Birthday, 1944
Vernon Jordan, Jr's Birthday, 1935
Phyllis Schlafly's Birthday, 1924
Napoleon Boneparte's Birthday, 1769
U.S. officially ceases bombing of Cambodia, 1973
Neal Anderson's Birthday, 1964
Earvin "Magic" Johnson's Birthday, 1959
Vic Powell steals home twice in same game, 1958
Soviet Union explodes its first hydrogen bomb, 1953
Gary Larson's Birthday, 1950
Susan Saint James' Birthday, 1946
President Truman announces surrender of Japan, 1945
Atlantic Charter signed by Churchill and Roosevelt, 1941
David Crosby's Birthday, 1941
Congress approves Social Security Act, 1935
U.S. sends Marines to Nicaragua, 1912
Julia Child's Birthday, 1912
Cologne [Germany] Cathedral completed after 632 years of rebuilding from 1248 fire, 1880
East German government closes off access to West Berlin and begins building the Wall, 1961
Independence Day [Central African Republic], 1960
Dan Fogelberg's Birthday, 1951
Don Ho's Birthday, 1930
Fidel Castro's Birthday, 1927
Rex Humbard's Birthday, 1919
Ben Hogan's Birthday, 1912
Alfred Hitchcock's Birthday, 1899
Annie Oakley's Birthday, 1860
IBM Personal Computer introduced, 1981
Postal Reform Bill signed, making U.S. Postal Service independent of the government, 1970
Minimum wage raised from $.75 to $1.00 an hour, 1955
First issue of "Sports Illustrated" published, 1954
President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill issue Atlantic Charter, 1941
George Hamilton's Birthday, 1939
John Poindexter's Birthday, 1936
John Derek's Birthday, 1926
Hawaiian Islands formally annexed by U.S., 1898
Cecil B. Demille's Birthday, 1881
Christy Mathewson's Birthday, 1880
