Hank Ballard(singer and songwriter who wrote and recorded The Twist in 1958 which later was recorded by Chubby Checker)β
James Ludlow Elliot(astronomer who discovered the rings of Uranus)β
Events
First U.S. foreign aid bill authorized $50,000 for relief of victims of an earthquake in Venezuelaβ
The Missouri Compromise was passed by U.S. Congress, with President James Monroe signing it on March 6. The legislation designated that Maine would be admitted to the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state. (Maine became a state on March 15, 1820; Missouri became a state on August 10, 1821.)
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Florida admitted to the Union as the 27th stateβ
Serfs were emancipated in Russiaβ
National Academy of Sciences signed into existence by Abraham Lincoln to advise the government on scientific and technical issuesβ
Carmen, by Georges Bizet, premiered in Parisβ
First organized ice hockey match, Montreal, Canadaβ
Belva Ann Bennet Lockwood became first woman to try a case before the U.S. Supreme Courtβ
Anne Sullivan began teaching deaf/blind Helen Kellerβ
The U.S. Steel Corp. was formedβ
Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York, began taking prisonersβ fingerprintsβ
The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA), the predecessor of NASA, was foundedβ
Treaty of Brest-Litovsk signed by Russia and the Central Powersβ
First international airmail delivery was made from Vancouver, BC, to Seattle, WAβ
The Star-Spangled Banner was officially designated U.S. national anthemβ
First annual meeting of General Wildlife Federation (later, NWF), 1937.β
Puerto Rico became a U.S. commonwealth, with autonomy in internal affairsβ
First fatal jetliner accident occured when a Canadian plane crashed in Karachi, Pakistanβ
Pioneer 4, first U.S. spacecraft to orbit Sun, launchedβ
Apollo 9 spacecraft launched from Cape Kennedyβ
Pierre Trudeau replaced Joe Clark as prime minister of Canadaβ
Steve Fossett became the first person to fly around the world solo without stopping or refueling, safely touching down in his custom-built plane 67 hours after taking offβ
A 50-pound 6-ounce smallmouth buffalo fish was caught in Lake Fork, Texasβ