James Aparo(illustrator; drew Batman and other DC Comics heroes)–
Jack Warden(actor)–
Frank McCourt(Pulitzer Prize-winning author)–
James Garner(actor)–
Garry Marshall(director, producer, actor)–
Events
Lady Jane Grey was replaced by Mary I of England as Queen of England after having the title for only nine days–
Bloomers (long, loose, trousers) were introduced to delegates of the first Women’s Right’s Convention in Seneca Falls, New York–
Morris Nourse earned a Carnegie Medal by saving a drowning boy in Des Moines, Iowa–
Fiberglass sutures were first used, by Dr. Roy Scholz in St. Louis, Missouri–
N.Y.C. subway’s first air-conditioned cars began service–
Canada and United States agreed to transfer certain prisoners who wish to finish sentence in own country–
New Hampshire teacher Christa McAuliffe was selected to be the first schoolteacher to ride aboard the Space Shuttle–
26th Summer Olympics began in Atlanta, Georgia–
Don Gorske of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin ate his 20,000th Big Mac sandwich at a local McDonald’s restaurant. He already had made the Guinness World Records book for eating a record number of Big Macs before he hit number 19,000 in March 2003–
Weather
The third hurricane within a month hit the northern Florida peninsula–