Tom Magliozzi(co-host of Car Talk NPR national radio program, run with his brother Ray)–
Quincy Jones( musician and producer)–
Events
John Adams is elected as the second U.S. president –
Canada’s first chartered bank, Bank of Montreal, opened in Quebec –
Ulysses S. Grant elected president of the U.S. –
In California, the poet and outlaw calling himself Black Bart made his last robbery when he stole a Wells Fargo strongbox from a stagecoach. A handkerchief left at the scene led to his arrest –
The first automobile show in the United States opened at New York’s Madison Square Garden under the auspices of the Automobile Club of America –
William Howard Taft elected as president of the U.S. –
Mary Jacob received a patent for a brassiere –
Detroit-Windsor tunnel opened –
President Franklin D. Roosevelt reelected for second term –
The U.S.S.R. launched space satellite Sputnik II, carrying a dog –
Good Morning America debuted with co-hosts David Hartman and Nancy Dussault –
Arkansas Governor Bill Clinton was elected 42nd President of the US. Five women won Senate seats, including Democrat Carol Moseley-Braun, who became the first African-American woman senator –
U.S. Air Force’s uncrewed X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 landed at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The space plane had spent 780 days in orbit, breaking the previous record of 718 days in 2017. –
Weather
Los Angeles, California, reached 96 degrees F –
A storm dumped more than 8 inches of rain in parts of Vermont, causing floods and claiming 84 lives –
