Duke Ellington(jazz composer, pianist, & bandleader)–
Milton Shedd(co-founder of Sea World)–
Dick Martin(comedian)–
Tina Turner(singer)–
Born
Queen Victoria(British monarch)–
George Grey Barnard(sculptor)–
Bob Dylan(musician)–
Gary Burghoff(actor)–
Patti LaBelle(singer)–
Priscilla Presley(actress)–
Jim Broadbent(actor)–
Kristin Scott Thomas(actress)–
John C. Reilly(actor)–
Billy Gilman(country singer)–
Events
Canada’s first medical graduate, William Logie, awarded degree by McGill University –
Samuel Morse transmitted the first telegraphic message from the U.S. Supreme Court room, Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. The message: What hath God wrought –
The steamer, Victoria, sank in Thames River near London, Ontario –
Ohio Anti-Saloon League founded, Oberlin, Ohio –
First major league baseball night game was played in Cincinnati, Ohio –
Aurora 7 took flight. It was the second U.S. manned orbital space flight –
United States and USSR agreed to cooperate in space exploration –
Crop circle discovered in Haysville, Kansas –
Canada’s famous clock on the Peace Tower of the Parliament Buildings in Ottawa stopped for the first time –
Weather
Snowstorm across Kentucky with accumulations of 4 to 6 inches of snow –
Hail fell to a depth of 6 to 8 inches near Ada, Oklahoma –
