Sam Houston(president of Texas, 1836-38; 1841-44)–
Eva Peron(wife of Argentine President Juan Peron)–
Events
Benjamin Franklin became the first Postmaster General –
New York ratified the Constitution and became the 11th state –
Black Bart made his first stagecoach robbery in California –
The Potsdam Declaration was issued by President Truman, Winston Churchill, and Chiang Kai-Shek, which outlined the terms of surrender for Japan –
The SS Andrea Doria sunk near Nantucket Lightship, MA –
First Moon rock samples analyzed, Lunar Receiving Laboratory, Houston, Texas –
A federal grand jury indicted Robert T. Morris, Jr. for releasing a computer worm, making him the first person to be prosecuted under the 1986 Computer Fraud and Abuse Act –
Jim Rice and Ricky Henderson were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame –
The Plastiki, a boat made mostly from recycled plastic bottles (12,500 of them), reached Sydney, Australia, to complete a 4-month journey across the Pacific Ocean –
Weather
Catskill, New York, and Westfield, Massachusetts, each got 15 inches of rain, causing flash floods and enormous erosion damage –
The temperature in Salt Lake City soared to an all-time high of 107 degrees F –
Eastport, Maine, the northeastern most tip of the U.S., reached 96 degrees –
