The Earl of Minto(Canadian Governor General 1898-1904)β
Franz Boas(anthropologist)β
Dean R. Koontz(author)β
Jimmy Smits(actor)β
Tom Hanks(actor)β
Fred Savage(actor)β
Died
Zachary Taylor(12th U.S. president)β
Eric Sevareid(journalist)β
Douglas George Chapman(Canadian-born American wildlife statistician)β
Rod Steiger(actor)β
Isabel Sanford(actress)β
Kevin Hagen(actor)β
Milan B. Williams(musician)β
Rip Torn(actor)β
Events
Henry VIII of England annulled his marriage to his fourth wife, Anne of Clevesβ
Samuel Latham Mitchill became the first agriculture college professor in the United States when he was appointed by Columbia College in New York City.β
First natural gas well discovered near what is now Charleston, West Virginiaβ
Argentina declared independence from Spainβ
The U.S. Congress ratified the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution, granting citizenship to all those born or naturalized in the United States, including former slavesβ
John F. Blondel received a patent for a doughnut cutterβ
Henry Tibbe patented an improved corn cob pipeβ
In his Wright biplane, aviator Walter Brookins flew higher than a mileβ
New York Mayor LaGuardia read the comics over the radio during a newspaper strikeβ
At age seven, Roger Woodward became the first person to fall accidentally over the Niagara River’s Horseshoe Falls and liveβ
Canada’s Official Languages Act adoptedβ
Clarence M. Kelley, is sworn in as director of the FBIβ
Jim Purol set a Guinness World Record for Most Seats Sat in 48 Hours by sitting in 39,250 seatsβ
Weather
43 degrees F, Williamstown, Massachusettsβ
Tucson, Arizona, hit 102 degrees F in its 33rd consecutive day with temperatures above 100β