Sir Louis-Olivier Taillon(8th premier of Quebec)β
Ivan Pavlov(physiologist)β
Arthur B. Davies(artist)β
T.S. Eliot(poet)β
George Gershwin(composer)β
Jack LaLanne(fitness guru)β
Olivia Newton-John(singer)β
Melissa Sue Anderson(actress)β
Serena Williams(tennis player)β
Died
Daniel Boone(frontiersman)β
Bessie Smith(singer)β
Robert Palmer(singer)β
Paul Newman(actor & businessman)β
Events
Parthenon partially destroyed by Venetians, Athens, Greeceβ
On the steps of the Salem, New Jersey courthouse, Colonel Robert Johnson bit into a tomato in order to prove wrong the long-lasting theory that tomatoes were poisonousβ
The Shriners, a fraternal and charitable organization, opened its first templeβ
Richard Nixon and John F. Kennedy confronted each other in the first televised presidential debateβ
The Beverly Hillbillies debuted on televisionβ
N.Y. Giant Ali Haji-Sheikh kicked a 56-yard field goalβ
Australia won the America’s Cup. It was the first time in 132 years that the U.S. did not winβ
Prairie View A&M University football team snapped 80-game losing streak
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42.1-inch-long cucumber set world recordβ
Weather
The temperature in San Diego, California, reached 111 degrees Fβ
The temperature in Los Angeles, California, reached 109 degrees Fβ
Death Valley, California, had an afternoon temperature of 104 degrees Fβ