W. Clement Stone(parlayed $100 into a $2 billion insurance empire)–
William H. Rehnquist(Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court)–
Michael Clarke Duncan(actor)–
Born
Sarah Orne Jewett(author)–
Ferdinand Porsche(auto manufacturer)–
Alan Ladd(actor)–
Robert Truax(Rocket Scientist)–
Mort Walker(cartoonist)–
Eileen Brennan(actress)–
Charlie Sheen(actor)–
Dominic West(actor)–
Shaun White(snowboarder and skateboarder)–
Events
Treaty of Paris signed between the U.S. and Great Britain –
New York Sun became the first daily penny press” newspaper” –
Abolitionist Frederick Douglass escaped slavery –
First classes at U.S. Naval War College began –
First professional football game played –
World record set by auto averaging 301.13 mph for 1 mile, Bonneville Salt Flats, Utah –
Search for Tomorrow first aired on television –
Viking 2 lander touched down on Mars at Utopia Planitia –
19-inning baseball game began at Fenway Park in Boston –
47-lb. flathead catfish caught, Ohio River, Pennsylvania –
Weather
According to the Royalists, the severe storm that struck the British Isles on this day in 1658 - also the day Oliver Cromwell died - was simple proof that the Devil had come for his soul. –
A hurricane caused a 13-foot storm surge in New York City –
Denver, Colorado, got 4.2 inches of snow –
A hailstone measuring 17.5 inches in circumference and weighing 1.671 pounds was picked up and photographed in Coffeyville, Kansas –
