Samuel Huntington(signer of the Declaration of Independence)–
John Singleton Copley(painter)–
Richard Bedford Bennett(11th Prime Minister of Canada)–
George M. Cohan(composer)–
Franz Kafka(novelist)–
Ken Russell(film director)–
Pete Fountain(jazz musician)–
Harrison Schmitt(geologist, astronaut, politician)–
Tom Stoppard(writer)–
Betty Buckley(actress)–
Frank Daryl Tanana(baseball player)–
Thomas Gibson(actor)–
Tom Cruise(actor)–
Yeardley Smith(actress)–
Kevin Hearn(musician)–
Died
Jim Morrison(musician)–
Rudy Vallee(musician & actor)–
Jim Backus(actor)–
Andy Griffith(actor)–
Events
Quebec City founded by Samuel de Champlain –
The first savings bank in America (Bank of Savings) opened in N.Y.C. –
Mount Washington Cog Railway in New Hampshire officially opened to the public. –
Idaho became the 43rd state to enter the Union –
Fruit Garden and Home magazine was published. The publication changed its name two years later to Better Homes and Gardens –
President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibited segregation in public places –
The USS Vincennes shot down an Iranian passenger plane over the Persian Gulf, believing it to be a hostile fighter. All 290 civilians aboard were killed –
Singer Kylie Minogue received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire from Prince Charles during a ceremony at Buckingham Palace –
