RJR Nabisco taken over for $25.07 billion by Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts, & Co., 1988
Independence Day [Barbados], 1966
Bo Jackson's Birthday, 1962
Russia attacks Finland, 1939
Dick Clark's Birthday, 1929
Robert Guillaume's Birthday, 1927
Winston Churchill's Birthday, 1874
Mark Twain's Birthday, 1835
Jonathan Swift's Birthday, 1667
U.N. authorizes creation of State of Israel, 1947
Suzy Chaffee's Birthday, 1946
Chuck Mangione's Birthday, 1940
Jacques Rene Chirac's Birthday, 1932
Paul Simon's Birthday, 1928
Vince Scully's Birthday, 1927
U.S. establishes military government in the Dominican Republic, 1916
First annual Army-Navy Football Game [Navy wins 24-0], 1890
William And Hannah Penn receive honorary U.S. Citizenship, 1984
Bear Bryant becomes college football's winningest coach with his 315th career victory, 1981
Roy Tarpley's Birthday, 1964
Independence Day [Mauritania], 1960
Paul Shaffer's Birthday, 1949
Randy Newman's Birthday, 1943
Teheran Conference begins, 1943
Gary Hart's Birthday, 1936
First live radio broadcast from the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville [TN], 1925
Robin Givens' Birthday, 1964
John F. Kennedy, Jr's Birthday, 1960
Ken O'Brien's Birthday, 1960
Danny Devito's Birthday, 1944
Jimi Hendrix's Birthday, 1942
Eddie Rabbitt's Birthday, 1941
Bruce Lee's Birthday, 1940
Chiam Weizmann's Birthday, 1874
Nixon turns over first White House tapes which includes a mysterious 18 1/2 minute gap, 1973
Chinese troops cross into North Korea, 1950
Rich Little's Birthday, 1938
Tina Turner's Birthday, 1938
Robert Goulet's Birthday, 1933
Charles M. Schulz's Birthday, 1922
Mary Edwards Walker's Birthday, 1832
President Washington proclaims this to be the first National Holiday [Thanksgiving Day], 1789
John Harvard's Birthday, 1607
Independence Day [Suriname], 1975
Presidential order changing speed limit from 70 to 55 miles-per-hour issued, 1973
Hijacker "D.B. Cooper" parachutes and vanishes with $200,000, 1971
Bernie Kosar's Birthday, 1963
"Bucky" Dent's Birthday, 1951
John Larroquette's Birthday, 1947
Ricardo Montalban's Birthday, 1920
Joe DiMaggio's Birthday, 1914
Evaporated milk patented, 1884
Carrie Nation's Birthday, 1846
Andrew Carnegie's Birthday, 1835
Lee Harvey Oswald is shot in Dallas Police Station, 1963
Wilt Chamberlain has 55 rebounds in one NBA game, 1960
Oscar Robertson's Birthday, 1938
William F. Buckley's Birthday, 1925
Dale Carnegie's Birthday, 1888
Scott Joplin's Birthday, 1868
Zachary Taylor's Birthday, 1784
Baruch Spinoza's Birthday, 1632
Andrew Toney's Birthday, 1957
Boris Karloff's Birthday, 1887
Billy the Kid's Birthday, 1859
Franklin Pierce's Birthday, 1804
Margaret Thatcher announces her resignation after 11 1/2 years as Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1990
Michael Jackson releases "Thriller" album, 1982
Boris Becker's Birthday, 1967
John F. Kennedy assassinated, 1963
Jamie Lee Curtis' Birthday, 1958
Billy Jean King's Birthday, 1943
Independence Day [Lebanon], 1943
Terry Gilliam's Birthday, 1940
The "China Clipper Flying Boat" begins regular trans-Pacific mail service, 1935
Rodney Dangerfield's Birthday, 1921
National Hockey League founded in Montreal, 1917
Charles de Gaulle's Birthday, 1890
George Eliot's Birthday, 1819
Las Vegas MGM Grand Hotel Fire, 1980
The "Who Shot J.R.?" episode of "Dallas" is broadcast, 1980
Goldie Hawn's Birthday, 1945
Marlo Thomas' Birthday, 1938
Stan Musial's Birthday, 1920
Harpo Marx's Birthday, 1893
North Carolina is 12th State to ratify the Constitution, 1789
First manned untethered balloon flight, 1783
Jean Francois Voltaire's Birthday, 1694
The Mayflower reaches Provincetown [MA], 1620
