A quick look at Today in History, check out some Celebrity Birthdays, and find out what Days of the Year to celebrate.
TODAY IN HISTORY:
1663 – First recorded earthquake in Michigan.
1861 – Samuel Goodale patented the moving picture peep show machine.
1881 – The city of Phoenix, AZ, was incorporated.
1884 – When lawyer John Ball died, 40 acres of land were given to the city of Grand Rapids, MI, for a park. The land later became the home of John Ball Park Zoo.
1917 – Congress passed the Immigration Act of 1917 (Asiatic Barred Zone Act) with an overwhelming majority. The action overrode President Woodrow Wilson’s December 14, 1916 veto.
1919 – Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and D.W. Griffith launched United Artists.
1937 – President Theodore Roosevelt proposed enlarging the U.S. Supreme Court. The plan failed.
1952 – In New York, NY, four signs were installed at 44th Street and Broadway in Times Square that told pedestrians “don’t walk”.
1953 – The Walt Disney animated film “Peter Pan” opened at the Roxy Theater in New York, NY.
1958 – A hydrogen bomb known as the Tybee Bomb was lost by the U.S. Air Force off the coast of Savannah, GA, never to be recovered.
1971 – Astronauts landed on the moon in the Apollo 14 mission.
1972 – Airlines around the U.S. began mandatory screening of passengers and baggage.
1972 – Bob Douglas became the first black man elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.
1976 – The 1976 swine flu outbreak began at Fort Dix, NJ.
1987 – The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 2,200-point for the first time. The market closed at 2201.49.
1988 – The Brook Trout was designated at Michigan’s state fish.
1991 – Dr. John Kevorkian was banned from assisting in suicides.
1999 – Boxer Mike Tyson was sentenced to a year in jail for assaulting two people after a car accident on August 31, 1998. Tyson was also fined $5,000, had to serve 2 years of probation, and had to perform 200 hours of community service upon release.
2001 – It was announced that Kelly Ripa would be Regis Philbin’s new permanent co-host on his morning talk show, which was renamed “Live! With Regis and Kelly”.
2003 – U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell presented evidence to the U.N. concerning concerning Iraq and weapons of mass destruction. The evidence later proved to be false.
2008 – A major tornado outbreak across the Southern United States killed 57.
2020 – United States President Donald Trump was acquitted by the U.S. Senate in his first impeachment trial.
BIRTHDAYS:
Alar Toomre – 89 years old (1937) – Estonian-American astronomer and mathematician
Jane Bryant Quinn – 87 years old (1939) – Financial journalist
David Selby – 85 years old (1941) – Actor and playwright
Roger Staubach – 84 years old (1942) – Football player, sportscaster, and businessman
Nolan Bushnell – 83 years old (1943) – Engineer and businessman, founded Atari, Inc
Michael Mann – 83 years old (1943) – Director, producer, and screenwriter
Craig Morton – 83 years old (1943) – Football player and sportscaster
Al Kooper – 82 years old (1944) – Singer-songwriter and producer
Darrell Waltrip – 79 years old (1947) – Race car driver and sportscaster
Christopher Guest – 78 years old (1948) – British-American actor and director
Barbara Hershey – 78 years old (1948) – Actress
Errol Morris – 78 years old (1948) – Director and producer
Jonathan Freeman – 76 years old (1950) – Actor and singer
John Beilein – 73 years old (1953) – Basketball player and coach
Cliff Martinez – 72 years old (1954) – Drummer and songwriter
Mike Heath – 71 years old (1955) – Baseball player and manager
Vinnie Colaiuta – 70 years old (1956) – Drummer
David Wiesner – 70 years old (1956) – Author and illustrator
Jennifer Granholm – 67 years old (1959) – Canadian-American lawyer and politician, 47th Governor of Michigan
Tim Meadows – 65 years old (1961) – Actor and screenwriter
Jennifer Jason Leigh – 64 years old (1962) – Actress, screenwriter, producer and director
Steven Shainberg – 63 years old (1963) – Film director and producer
Laura Linney – 62 years old (1964) – Actress
Duff McKagan – 62 years old (1964) – Singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer
Keith Moseley – 61 years old (1965) – Bass player and songwriter
Jon Spencer – 61 years old (1965) – Singer, guitarist, and bandleader
Chris Parnell – 59 years old (1967) – Actor and comedian
Roberto Alomar – 58 years old (1968) – Puerto Rican-American baseball player and coach
Chris Barron – 58 years old (1968) – Rock singer
Bobby Brown – 57 years old (1969) – Singer-songwriter, dancer, and actor
Derek Stephen Prince – 57 years old (1969) – Voice actor
Sara Evans – 55 years old (1971) – Country singer
Adam Everett – 49 years old (1977) – Baseball player and coach
Brian Russell – 48 years old (1978) – Football player
Nate Holzapfel – 47 years old (1979) – Entrepreneur and television personality
Brad Fitzpatrick – 46 years old (1980) – Programmer, created LiveJournal
Kevin Everett – 44 years old (1982) – Football player
Laurence Maroney – 41 years old (1985) – Football player
Paul Vandervort – 41 years old (1985) – Actor, film producer, and former model
Kevin Gates – 40 years old (1986) – Rapper, singer, and entrepreneur
Reed Sorenson – 40 years old (1986) – Race car driver
Darren Criss – 39 years old (1987) – Actor, singer, and entrepreneur
Curtis Jerrells – 39 years old (1987) – Basketball player
Alex Kuznetsov – 39 years old (1987) – Ukrainian-American tennis player
Donald Sanford – 39 years old (1987) – American-Israeli sprinter
Jeremy Sumpter – 37 years old (1989) – Actor
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