Famous People Born On This Day In History
1915 David Rockefeller, International Power Broker.
1929 Anne Frank, diarist.
1932 Rona Jaffe
1933 Jim Nabors, Surprise, Surprise, Surprise.
1941 Marv Albert, sportscaster, and ...
1957 Timothy Busfield, actor.
1959 Jenilee Harrison, actress.
1962 Ally Sheedy, actress.
Events On This Day In History
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 (who's not in Kansas anymore) marries Mark Herron.
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.
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