Chester A. Arthur (U.S.) 1830, Robert H. Goddard 1882 - Known as the "Father of the Space Age",
Ray Kroc 1902 - Businessman (McDonalds)
Larry Fine 1902, Steve Miller (The Steve Miller Band) 1943, Michael Andretti 1962
1813 - Chief Tecumseh of the Shawnee Indians was killed at the Battle of Thames when American forced defeated the British and the allied Indian warriors.
1921 - The World Series was broadcast on the radio for the first time. The game was between the New York Giants and the New York Yankees.
1937 - U.S. President Roosevelt called for a "quarantine" of aggressor nations.
1955 - The play "The Diary of Anne Frank" opened at the Cort Theatre in New York.
1969 - "Monty Python's Flying Circus" debuted on BBC television.
1989 - The Dalai Lama (Lhama Dhondrub, Tenzin Gyatso) was named the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent campaign to end the Chinese domination of Tibet. Gyatso was the 15th Dalai Lama.
1993 - China set off an underground nuclear explosion.
1998 - The U.S. paid $60 million for Russia's research time on the international space station to keep the cash-strapped Russian space agency afloat.
2006 - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. rolled out its $4 generic drug program to the entire state of Florida after a successful test in the Tampa area.
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