In 1798 Mirabeau Lamar (second president of the Republic of Texas) In 1832 Psychologist/scientist Wilhelm Wundt (scientific psychology) In 1860 French writer Jules Laforgue (lyrical irony, free verse) In 1862 College football coach Amos Alonzo Stagg (introduced the huddle) In 1863 Chemist, Frederic Stanley Kipping (organic derivatives of silicon) In 1865 French physicist Gabriel Lippmann (color photography) In 1868 Publisher, Bernard McFadden (True Romance, True Detective) In 1884 Science Fiction writer, Hugo Gernsback In 1892 Cartoonist, Harold Foster (Prince Valiant) In 1892 Cartoonist, Otto Messner (Felix the Cat) In 1894 Labor leader George Meany (first president of AFL-CIO) In 1895 Actor, Lucien Littlefield (Mr. Beasley-Blondie) In 1897 Ringmaster, Robert Ringling (Ringling Brothers) In 1899 Actor, Glenn Strange (Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein) In 1904 Biochemist, Wendell M. Stanley (Nobel-1946) [d: 6-15-71] In 1907 Actress, Mae Clark (Frankenstein, Nana, Parole Girl) [d:...

In 1941 Peggy Lee recorded "Elmer's Tune" with Benny Goodman's band. In 1947 "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" by Tex Williams the #1 on the charts. In 1958 Buddy Holly weds Maria Elena Santiago in Lubbock, Texas. In 1960 "Chain Gang" by Sam Cooke entered the U.S. Top 40 chart. In 1960 "It's Now Or Never" by Elvis Presley hit #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart and stayed there for five weeks. In 1964 MGM signed Dave Clark 5 to star in the film "Having a Wild Weekend." In 1964 "Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin was #1 on the U.S. Top 40 chart. In 1965 The Beatles played to their largest audience, over 56,000, in Shea Stadium grossing $304,000. 1966 The Monkees' first single, "Last Train To Clarksville," was released. In 1969 450,000 gathered when Woodstock began on Max Yasgur's farm in upstate New York. The historic 3-day event featured performances by Jimi Hendrix, Santana, Janis Joplin, the...

In 1057 Macbeth, the King of Scotland, is slain by the son of King Duncan. In 1914 The Panama Canal passed its first ship. In 1918 The U.S. and Russia severed diplomatic relations. In 1935 Aviator Wiley Post and humorist Will Rogers were killed when their airplane crashed near Point Barrow, Alaska. In 1939 "The Wizard of Oz" premiered at Grauman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood, California. In 1944 During World War II, Allied forces landed between Cannes and Toulon in southern France. In 1945 South Korea was liberated from Japanese rule. In 1945 U.S. wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ended. In 1947 India became independent after some 200 years of British rule. Jawaharlal Nehru became India's first prime minister. In 1948 The Republic of Korea was proclaimed. In 1961 East Germany began construction on the Berlin Wall. In 1970 Patricia Palinkas became the first woman pro-football player. In 1971 President Nixon announced a 90-day freeze on increases in wages, pri...

In 1769 French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte I (1804-13, 1814-15) In 1771 Novelist/poet Sir Walter Scott (Lady of Lake) In 1803 Governor, Sir James Douglas (the first governor of British Columbia) In 1853 Opera soprano Emma Calve (Carmen) In 1858 Baseball Hall-of-Famer, Charles "Charlie" Comiskey (White Sox owner) In 1860 Florence Kling DeWolfe Harding, wife of President Warren Harding In 1879 Actress, Ethel Barrymore (First Lady of American Theatre) In 1887 Novelist, Edna Ferber (Showboat, Cimarron, Giant, American Beauty) In 1888 Actor/writer T.E. Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia) In 1890 Physiologist, Elvin Morton Jellinek (studied alcoholism) In 1900 Painter, Jack Tworkov (abstract expressionist) [d: 9-4-82] In 1904 Puppeteer, Bill Baird (Kukla, Fran & Ollie) [d: 3-18-87] In 1911 Blues singer/songwriter Buster Brown [d: 1-31-76] In 1912 Food icon/author Julia Child (Art of French Cooking) [d: 8-15-04] In 1912 Actress, Elizabeth Kerr (Cora Hudson-Mork & Mindy) [d: 1-1...