Robert B. Thomas(founder of The Old Farmer’s Almanac)β
Nathaniel Hawthorne(writer)β
T. E. Lawrence(Lawrence of Arabiaββ)β
Ogden Nash(poet)β
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis(U.S. First Lady)β
Walter Lord(author)β
Charles Grodin(actor, talk show host)β
Born
Johns Hopkins(philanthropist)β
Carl Akeley(artist, biologist, & conservationist)β
Malcolm X(civil rights activist)β
Lorraine Hansberry(playwright)β
Francis Richard Scobee(astronaut)β
Nora Ephron(author & director)β
Pete Townshend(musician)β
Andre the Giant(wrestler & actor)β
Jodi Picoult(author)β
Kevin Garnett(basketball player)β
Events
Dark Day in New Englandβ
Author Oscar Wilde released from jailβ
First Jumping Frog Jubilee in Calaveras County, Californiaβ
7.1-magnitude earthquake occurred in Imperial Valley, Californiaβ
Boston Red Sox pitcher Jon Lester threw a no-hitter against the Kansas City Royals. It was the first major league no-hitter of the seasonβ
In Kansas, paraplegic Anna Sarol β with the assistance of braces, a walker, and her siblings β took steps across the graduation stage to receive her high school diploma. She had worked towards this moment ever since a gymnastics accident nearly four years before had left her paralyzed from the waist down.β
Weather
Dark Day: Darkness fell at noon throughout New England due to smoke from western forest fires.β
99 degrees F at Central Park, New York Cityβ
Heavy rain and golf ball-size hail destroyed 80 percent of the crops in northwestern Texasβ