Bruce Catton 1899, John Lennon 1940 - Musician (Beatles), John Alec Entwistle 1944 - Musician (The Who)
Jackson Browne 1948 - Musician, Scott Bakula 1955 - Actor, Michael Pare 1959
1781 - The last major battle of the American Revolutionary War took place in Yorktown, VA. The American forces, led by George Washington, defeated the British troops under Lord Cornwallis.
1855 - Isaac Singer patented the sewing machine motor.
1872 - Aaron Montgomery started his mail order business with the delivery of the first mail order catalog. The firm later became Montgomery Wards.
1936 - The first generator at Boulder Dam began transmitting electricity to Los Angeles, CA. The name of the dam was later changed to Hoover Dam.
1946 - The first electric blanket went on sale in Petersburg, VA.
1975 - Andrei Sakharov was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The Soviet scientist is known as the "father of the hydrogen bomb."
1986 - Joan Rivers debuted her new "The Late Show" on the FOX network.
1986 - The musical "Phantom of the Opera" by Andrew Lloyd Webber opened in London.
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