John Wilkes Booth(assassin of President Lincoln, was shot by federal troops at a farmhouse near Washington, D.C.)–
Eduard Suess(geologist)–
Count Basie(jazz orchestra leader)–
Lucille Ball(actress)–
Mason Adams(actor)–
Phoebe Snow(singer
)–
George Jones(country music singer)–
Events
William Shakespeare baptized–
Meteorites fell on the town of L’Aigle, France–
First U.S. weather report broadcast, by WEW in St. Louis, Missouri–
America’s first guide dog for the blind, a German Shepherd named Buddy, was teamed up with its owner, Morris S. Frank–
The first international satellite, Ariel 1, was launched from Cape Canaveral–
A herd of buffalo got loose and wandered around an upscale neighborhood in Maryland, disrupting traffic and alarming homeowners before police officers managed to corral them in a tennis court–
Five explorers reached the North Pole, setting a world record by coming in several hours earlier than a 37-day trek by American explorer Robert Peary for the same journey in 1909–
Boston Red Sox outfielder Jacoby Ellsbury stole home. This was the first straight-steal of home plate by a Red Sox player since Billy Hatcher in April of 1994.–
Weather
Severe frost, Huntsville, Alabama–
Boston and the surrounding communities experienced a severe snowstorm–
Twelve inches of snow, Hanover, NH–
An F5 tornado hit Andover, Kansas, killing more than 15 people–
