Thomas Hobbes 1588, Elihu Yale 1649, Joseph Lister 1827 - British surgeon, inventor (Listerine mouthwash), Booker T. Washington 1856 - Educator, author (Up From Slavery),
Spencer (Bonaventure) Tracy 1900 - Actor ("Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [1941]"), Bette (Ruth Elizabeth) Davis 1908 - Actress ("Dangerous", "What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"), Gregory Peck 1916 - Actor ("To Kill a Mockingbird [1962]", "The Guns of Navarone", "Captain Horatio Hornblower"),
Arthur Hailey 1920 - Author (Airport, The Final Diagnosis), Gale Storm (Josephine Cottle) 1922 - Singer ("Ivory Tower"), actress ("My Little Margie"), Colin Powell 1937 - U.S. Secretary of State, four-star general, Chairman of U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dr. Judith A. Resnik 1949 - Electric engineer, astronaut, Agnetha Faltskog 1950 - Singer (ABBA), Brad Van Pelt 1951 - Football player
1614 - American Indian Pocahontas married English colonist John Rolfe in Virginia.
1806 - Isaac Quintard patented the cider mill.
1887 - Anne Sullivan taught Helen Keller the meaning of the word "water" as spelled out in the manual alphabet.
1923 - Firestone Tire and Rubber Company began the first regular production of balloon tires.
1985 - John McEnroe said "any man can beat any woman at any sport, especially tennis."J
1987 - FOX Broadcasting Company launched "Married....With Children" and "The Tracey Ullman Show". The two shows were the beginning of the FOX lineup.
2009 - North Korea launched the Kwangmyongsong-2 rocket, prompting an emergency meeting of the United Nations Security Council.
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