Sir Samuel Cunard(merchant and shipowner who founded the first regular Atlantic steamship line)–
Rene Francois-Ghislain Magritte(painter)–
Stan Musial(baseball player)–
Marlo Thomas(actress)–
Goldie Hawn(actress)–
Lorna Luft(actress & singer)–
Nicolette Sheridan(actress)–
Reggie Lewis(basketball player)–
Troy Aikman(football player)–
Ken Griffey, Jr.(baseball player)–
Jena Malone(actress)–
Died
Henry Purcell(composer)–
Florence Kling Harding(U.S. First Lady)–
Robert Benchley(humorist)–
Bill Bixby(actor & director)–
Quentin Crisp(writer)–
Deborah Raffin(actress and audiobook publisher)–
David Cassidy(singer and actor)–
Events
The Mayflower Compact, a preliminary plan of government for the Pilgrims, was signed in the cabin of the Mayflower near what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts –
North Carolina became the 12th state –
HMHS Britannic sank –
William C. Bullitt became the first U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R. –
Tweety Bird debuted –
President Harry Truman became the second U.S. president to ride underwater in a submarine. (Theodore Roosevelt was the first.) –
HMCS Labrador achieved the first circumnavigation of North America in a single voyage –
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island, the the world’s longest suspension bridge, formally opened –
3.8 earthquake near Northglenn, Colorado –
Deadly fire at MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada –
After a summer of asking, Who shot J.R.?, viewers tuned in to see J.R.’s mistress, Kristin Shepard, holding the smoking gun –
Jonathan Jay Pollard arrested for spying –
Race car driver Jimmie Johnson set a NASCAR record by winning his fifth consecutive NASCAR championship –
Weather
The Long Storm dropped 12 inches of snow on New York City –
