1782 Friedrich W A Fröbel Germany, educator (founded kindergarten)
1911 Leonard Warren New York NY, baritone (Metropolitan Opera 1939-60)
died on stage
1915 Frick [W Groebli] Swiss clown (Frick & Frack)
1926 Elizabeth [Alexandra Mary Windsor II] queen of England (1952- )
1930 Don Tyson founder, Tyson Foods)
1937 Charles Lee Herron Kentucky, FBI most wanted fugitive (Jan 1 1986)
1947 Iggy Pop [James Newell Osterberg] Ypsilanti MI, rocker (Zombie Birdhouse)
1951 Tony Danza Brooklyn, (Tony Banta-Taxi, Tony Micelli-Who's the Boss)
1951 Paul Carrack Sheffield England, rock vocalist (Mike + the Mechanics
-All I Need Is A Miracle, Squeeze/Ace-How Long)
1956 Rick DeMont US, 400 meter swimmer, drug disqualification (1972 Olympics)
0753 -BC- Traditional date of the foundation of Rome
1836 Battle of San Jacinto, in which Texas wins independence from México
1904 Ty Cobb makes his pro debut for Augusta (South Atlantic League)
1910 Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] author
(Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn), dies in Redding CT at 74
1918 "Red Baron" [Manfred von Richtofen] shot down in WWI at 25
1930 Fire (set as part of an escape attempt) at Ohio State Penitentiary kills 320
1948 1st Polaroid camera is sold in US
1956 Elvis Presley's 1st hit record, "Heartbreak Hotel", becomes #1
1963 Beatles meet Rolling Stones for 1st time
1968 Toby Halicki car-crash film producer 48, killed shooting stunt
1977 Gummo [Milton] Marx US comic (Marx Brothers), dies at 84
1981 US furnish $1 billion in arms to Saudi-Arabia
1983 £1 coin introduced in United Kingdom
1992 Robert Harris murderer, executed in California's gas chamber at 39
1994 Serbian army bombs distress clinic in Goradze Bosnia, 28 killed
1996 Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder oddsmaker/sportscaster (CBS), dies at 76
The trouble ain't that there is too many fools, but that the lightning ain't distributed right.
Mark Twain
