Sam Houston(president of Texas, 1836-38; 1841-44)β
Theodor Seuss Geisel(better known as Dr. Seuss; author)β
Desi Arnaz(musician & actor)β
Mikhail Sergeyvich Gorbachev(former Soviet political leader)β
Tom Wolfe(writer)β
John Irving(author)β
Karen Carpenter(singer)β
Laraine Newman(comedienne & actress)β
Jon Bon Jovi(musician)β
Daniel Craig(actor)β
Chris Martin(musician)β
Heather McComb(actress)β
Ben Roethlisberger(football player)β
Died
DH Lawrence(writer)β
Philip K. Dick(author)β
Dusty Springfield(singer)β
Jeff Healey(musician)β
Events
John Dix of Boston founded the first school for educating the blind, the New England Asylum for the Blindβ
U.S. Congress passed first Reconstruction Act, setting up conditions for reintegration of Southern states into the Unionβ
Rutherford B. Hayes declared U.S. President by a special Electoral Commission in the disputed election of 1876β
Hatch Act, providing for the promotion of U.S. agricultural science by creating state agricultural experiment stations, became lawβ
Congress adopted the Platt Amendment, which established a U.S. protectorate over Cubaβ
Martha Washington Hotel, for women only, opened in N.Y.C.β
Puerto Rico became U.S. territory and its inhabitants became U.S. citizensβ
World premiere of King Kongβ
Battle of Bismarck Sea began, resulting in major victory by U.S. over Japanese shipping and aircraftβ
US Air Force Captain James Gallagher and 13 crew members completed the first round-the-world nonstop flight in a Boeing B-50 Superfortress, Lucky Lady IIβ
First crossing of Antarctica by land completed by Dr. (later Sir) Vivian Fuchs and team. It had taken 99 days.β
Wilt Chamberlain set an NBA scoring record of 100 points as the Philadelphia Warriors defeated the New York Knicksβ
Concorde prototype 001, a supersonic jetliner, tested for the first timeβ
Pioneer 10, unmanned U.S. interplanetary probe, was launched from Cape Kennedy, Floridaβ
The FDA approved the first commercial blood test for AIDSβ
Queen Elizabeth II signed the Australia Act, defining Australia as a sovereign, independent, and federal nationβ
A 3.5 earthquake rattled parts of Quebec along the border of the United Statesβ
Microsoft founder Bill Gates received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth IIβ
The new U.S. $10 bills went into circulation. The redesigned note had shades of orange, yellow, and redβ