BIRTHDAYS:
1802, Thomas Davenport, invented 1st commercially successful electric motor

1952, John Tesh, Television host, composser, pianist

1955, Jimmy Smits, actor, det. Bobby Simone, NYPD Blue

1964, Courtney Love, singer


EVENTS:
1800, Mt. Vernon Gardens becomes site of first summer theatre in U.S.

1816, Argentina gains its independence.

1846, Capt Montgomery claims Yerba Buena (San Francisco) for the U.S.

1850, After only 16 months in office, President Zachary Taylor dies after a brief illness. The exact cause of his death is still disputed by some historians. Millard Fillmore was sworn in as the new president the next day.

1877, The All England Croquet and Lawn Tennis Club begins its first lawn tennis tournament at Wimbledon, then an outer-suburb of London. Twenty-two amateurs showed up to compete in the Gentlemen’s Singles tournament, the only event at the first Wimbledon.

1979, Voyager II flies past Jupiter.

Every situation, properly perceived, becomes an opportunity.
- Helen Schucman