Muhammad Ali was diagnosed as having brain damage, 1980
Soyuz 9 (USSR) launched, 1970
John Dewey, US psychologist and philosopher, died, 1952
David Ruffin, singer, died, 1991
Mary Dyer hanged for heretical preaching (Boston), 1660
First FW-190 (Germany) flew, 1939
Thomas Riley Marshall, 28th US vice president, died, 1925
Kentucky became 15th US state, 1792
Prayers and Bible teaching banned in US public schools, 1964
Tennessee became 16th US state, 1796
RMS Queen Mary began her maiden crossing of the Atlantic, 1936
James Buchanan, 15th US president, died, 1868
Arthur Charles Nielsen, marketing research engineer, died, 1980
First legislation enacted by US Congress, 1789
Waterford Academy for Young Ladies founded (Emma Willard), 1821
Daniel Hudson Burnham, US architect, died, 1912
First recorded earthquake in the US (Plymouth Plantation), 1638
First episode of “The Prisoner” aired, 1968
Captain James Lawrence, naval hero of the War of 1812, died, 1813
Helen Keller, blind and deaf author, died, 1968
Emily Chubbock Judson (a.k.a. Fanny Forester), American poet, died, 1854
Drinking age raised to 21 in Massachusetts, 1985
The Beatles released “Sergent Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.”, 1967
Voting machine patented (Thomas A. Edison), 1869
Robert Manry, Cleveland newspaper editor, began sailing the Atlantic (in a 13.5 foot craft), 1965
George Papadopoulos became president of Greece, 1973