Sir Samuel Cunard(merchant and shipowner who founded the first regular Atlantic steamship line)–
Rene Francois-Ghislain Magritte(painter)–
Stan Musial(baseball player)–
Marlo Thomas(actress)–
Goldie Hawn(actress)–
Lorna Luft(actress & singer)–
Nicolette Sheridan(actress)–
Reggie Lewis(basketball player)–
Troy Aikman(football player)–
Ken Griffey, Jr.(baseball player)–
Jena Malone(actress)–
Died
Henry Purcell(composer)–
Florence Kling Harding(U.S. First Lady)–
Robert Benchley(humorist)–
Bill Bixby(actor & director)–
Quentin Crisp(writer)–
Deborah Raffin(actress and audiobook publisher)–
David Cassidy(singer and actor)–
Events
The Mayflower Compact, a preliminary plan of government for the Pilgrims, was signed in the cabin of the Mayflower near what is now Provincetown, Massachusetts–
North Carolina became the 12th state–
HMHS Britannic sank–
William C. Bullitt became the first U.S. ambassador to the U.S.S.R.–
Tweety Bird debuted–
President Harry Truman became the second U.S. president to ride underwater in a submarine. (Theodore Roosevelt was the first.)–
HMCS Labrador achieved the first circumnavigation of North America in a single voyage–
Verrazano-Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island, the the world’s longest suspension bridge, formally opened–
3.8 earthquake near Northglenn, Colorado–
Deadly fire at MGM Grand Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada–
After a summer of asking, Who shot J.R.?, viewers tuned in to see J.R.’s mistress, Kristin Shepard, holding the smoking gun–
Jonathan Jay Pollard arrested for spying–
Weather
The Long Storm dropped 12 inches of snow on New York City–
