Herbert Clark Hoover (U.S.) 1874, Claus Von Bulow 1926, Jimmy Dean 1928
Eddie Fisher 1928, Rocky Colavito 1933, Bobby Hatfield (The Righteous Brothers) 1940
Ronnie Spector 1947, Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) 1947, Rosanna Arquette 1959
1846 - The Smithsonian Institution was chartered by the U.S. Congress. The "Nation's Attic" was made possible by $500,000 given by scientist Joseph Smithson.
1869 - The motion picture projector was patented by O.B. Brown.
1921 - Franklin D. Roosevelt was stricken with polio.
1945 - The day after the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan announced they would surrender. The only condition was that the status of Emperor Hirohito would remain unchanged.
1948 - On ABC, "Candid Camera" made its TV debut. The original title was "Candid Microphone."
1949 - In the U.S., the National Military Establishment had its name changed to the Department of Defense.
1954 - Construction began on the St. Lawrence Seaway.
1988 - U.S. President Reagan signed a measure that provided $20,000 payments to Japanese-Americans who were interned by the U.S. government during World War II.
1993 - A massive deficit-reduction bill was signed into law by U.S. President Bill Clinton.
1994 - U.S. President Clinton claimed presidential immunity when he asked a federal judge to dismiss, at least for the time being, a sexual harassment lawsuit filed by Paula Corbin Jones.
1995 - Norma McCorvey, "Jane Roe" of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court decision legalizing abortion, announced that she had joined the anti-abortion group Operation Rescue.
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