James Cook 1728, Theodore Roosevelt (U.S.) 1858, Emily Post (Price) 1873
Leif Erickson 1911, John Cleese 1939, Lee (Melvin) Greenwood 1942
1659 - William Robinson and Marmaduke Stevenson became the first Quakers to be executed in America.
1787 - The first of the Federalist Papers were published in the New York Independent. The series of 85 essays, written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Jay, were published under the pen name "Publius."
1858 - Roland Macy opened Macy's Department Store in New York City. It was Macy's eighth business adventure, the other seven failed.
1925 - Fred Waller received a patent for water skis.
1938 - Du Pont announced "nylon" as the new name for its new synthetic yarn.
1954 - Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were divorced. They had been married on January 14, 1954.
1978 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their progress toward achieving a Middle East accord.
1997 - The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 554.26 points. The stock market was shut down for the first time since the 1981 assassination attempt on U.S. President Reagan.
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