Bob Keeshan 1927 - Actor (TV: Captain Kangaroo, Clarabell the Clown on Howdy Doody)
- 1693 - "The Ladies' Mercury" was published by John Dunton in London. It was the first women's magazine and contained a "question and answer" column that became known as a "problem page."
- 1787 - Edward Gibbon completed "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire." It was published the following May.
- 1885 - Chichester Bell and Charles S. Tainter applied for a patent for the gramophone. It was granted on May 4, 1886.
- 1893 - The New York stock market crashed. By the end of the year 600 banks and 74 railroads had gone out of business.
- 1955 - The state of Illinois enacted the first automobile seat belt legislation.
- 1967 - The world's first cash dispenser was installed at Barclays Bank in Enfield, England. The device was invented by John Sheppard-Barron. The machine operated on a voucher system and the maximum withdrawal was $28.
- 1969 - Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, clashed with police. This incident is considered to be the birth of the homosexual rights movement.
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