Annie Jump Cannon(cataloged over 225,000 stars)β
Alexander Solzhenitsyn(novelist)β
Brenda Lee(singer)β
Terri Garr(actress)β
Susan Seidelman(director of film)β
Bess Armstrong(actress)β
William Joyce(author)β
Gary Dourdan(actor)β
Mos Def(actor & rap artist)β
Rider Strong(actor)β
Died
Sam Cooke(singer)β
Benton MacKaye(American conservationist)β
Andre Braugher (actor)β
Events
One of earliest recorded sightings of northern lights in North Americaβ
Edward Bevan’s venetian blinds patented, London, Englandβ
Indiana is admitted to the Union as the 19th stateβ
Bijou Theater, first in the United States to be lit by electricity, opened in Boston, Massachusettsβ
First public demonstration in U.S. of colored moving pictures, New York Cityβ
Monument to the boll weevil, which had forced farmers to diversify, erected in Enterprise, Alabamaβ
The Bank of the United States in New York failed, one of many signs of the looming depressionβ
The Statute of Westminster was the last of the Imperial Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain applicable to all the Dominions. It granted Canada, Newfoundland, New Zealand, Australia, the Union of South Africa and the Irish Free State what amounted to independenceβ
British King Edward VIII abdicated throne to marry Wallis Simpsonβ
George VI became King of England after his brother abdicated the throneβ
The Chesterfield Supper Club, featuring Perry Como, among others, debuted on the radioβ
United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established by the United Nations General Assemblyβ
Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball after 13 seasons with the NY Yankeesβ
Weather
2.1 inches rain fell in Vancouver, British Columbiaβ