Today in History

Born 1913: Sylvia Porter (economist)

Last 7 Days

Born 1943: James Ludlow Elliot (astronomer who discovered the rings of Uranus)

2005: A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck off of California’s northern coast to become the fourth significant quake to jolt California in a week

2012: Aerialist Nik Wallenda crossed Niagara Falls on a high wire, becoming the first tightrope walker to cross the falls in more than a century, and the first to cross at the base of the falls.

Died 1801: Benedict Arnold (General in U. S. Revolutionary War)

Born 1865: William Butler Yeats (poet)

Died 2002: Bill Blass (fashion designer)

Born 1959: Hugh Laurie (actor)