Cleveland Abbe(meteorologist, known as Old Probabilities)β
Bobby Allison(race car driver)β
Ozzy Osbourne(singer)β
Daryl Hannah(actress)β
Brendan Fraser(actor)β
Died
Madeline Kahn(actress)β
Henry Chauncey(founded the Educational Testing Service, whose SAT is used by thousands of colleges and universities)β
David Hemmings(actor)β
Events
Illinois was admitted to the Union as the 21st stateβ
Andrew Jackson was elected President of the United Statesβ
Oberlin College, the first college to admit women (first coeducational college), founded in Oberlin, Ohio. First named Oberlin Collegiate Instituteβ
Johann Ludwig Krapf and Johannes Rebmann are the first Europeans to see Mt. Kenyaβ
Quebec Bridge opened to rail traffic, Quebec Cityβ
George Gershwin, the young American composer, appeared as a soloist at a concert in Carnegie Hall, N.Y.C., playing his Concerto in F, the first jazz concerto for the piano in musical historyβ
Eleanor Roosevelt, Mayor La Guardia, and Governor Lehman dedicate the New Deal’s first low cost housing project in NYCβ
Discovery of the βPumpkin Papersβ secret documents was announcedβ
Annette Toft was two millionth immigrant to Canada since WWII endedβ
Commonwealth Pacific Cable (COMPAC) openedβ
Final run of luxury train 20th Century Limited finishedβ
Pioneer 10, U.S. unmanned spacecraft, reached its closest approach to Jupiter, 21 months after its launchβ
Jupiter flyby of Pioneer 11 spacecraftβ
Polar bear cub born, Toledo Zoo, Ohioβ
Weather
A storm raged in Denver, Colorado, and eventually left 45.7 inches of snow, smashing a previous recordβ
Providence, Rhode Island, had a record high of 66 degrees Fβ
Boston, Massachusetts, had a temperature of 69 degrees F, breaking the old record of 65 degrees F for this dateβ
Concord, New Hampshire, set a record at 65 degrees Fβ
In Portland, Maine, the temperature reached 68 degrees F, beating the old record high of 55 for this dateβ