BIRTHDAYS:
1915, David Rockefeller, International Power Broker.

1924, George Bush, 41st President (1989-1993)

1929, Anne Frank, diarist.

1932, Rona Jaffe

1933, Jim Nabors, Surprise, Surprise, Surprise

1941, Marv Albert, sportscaster

1957, Timothy Busfield, actor

1959, Jenilee Harrison, actress

1962, Ally Sheedy, actress


EVENTS:
1838, Iowa Territory was organized.

1839, The first baseball game is played in America. Thanks Abner!

1849, Gas mask is patented by L.P. Haslett.

1898, Phillipines gains its independence from Spain.

1923, Harry Houdini frees himself from a straitjacket while suspended upside down, 40 feet above the ground.

1931, Gangster Al Capone indicted for violating Prohibition laws.

1963, Cleopatra starring Liz Taylor, Richard Burton, and Rex Harrison premiers in New York.

1964, Judy Garland marries Mark Herron.

1967, The Supreme Court struck down state laws prohibiting interracial marriages.

1977, David Berkowitz gets 25 to life for "Son of Sam" Murders in New York.

1981, The 3rd professional baseball players strike starts.

1987, President Reagan, during a visit to the divided German city of Berlin, publicly challenged Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev to "tear down this wall."

1994, Nichole Brown Simpson and Ronald Goldman found murdered. L.A. Police dept. arrest O.J. Simpson as their #1 suspect.

If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.
- H. G. Wells