1964 First Beatles concert in the U.S., at Carnegie Hall, New York.

1924 George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue is performed publicly for the first time.

1909 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) is founded.

1908 First around-the-world automobile race from New York to Paris, via Alaska, Siberia, Russia.

1853 Slavery Illinois enacts a law requiring all negroes who enter the state and stay for 10 days to be fined $50 or sold into slavery until the fine was resolved.

1825 Creek Indians cede all their land in Georgia and Alabama to the U.S. for some land between the Arkansas and Canadian rivers. The Indians, unhappy with the treaty, killed the chief who signed it and negotiated a new treaty.

1793 Fugitive Slave Act enacted by Congress, allowing slave owners to recover runaway slaves.

1733 General James Oglethorpe lands at present day Savannah, naming the new colony Georgia in honor of King George II.

1541 Santiago, Chile The city is founded by Spanish conqueror Pedro de Valdivia.

1955 Arsenio Hall American late-night host. Film: Coming to America (1988). TV: The Arsenio Hall Show.

1953 Joanna Kerns American actress, Maggie Seaver of TV's Growing Pains.

1945 Maud Adams (Maud Wikstrom), Swedish actress. Film: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974, Andrea Anders) and Octopussy (1983, title role).

1939 Ray Manzarek (Raymond Daniel Manczarek), American keyboardist, with The Doors. Music: Light My Fire (1967, #1) and L.A. Woman (1971).

1936 Joe Don Baker American actor. Film: Walking Tall (1973).

1926 Joe Garagiola American baseball player, sportscaster.

1923 Alan Dugan d. 2003 American Pulitzer-winning poet (1962).

1919 Forrest Tucker d. 1986 American actor. TV: F Troop (Sgt. O'Rourke).

1915 Lorne Greene d. 1987 Canadian-born actor. TV: Bonanza (Ben Cartwright).

1905 Harry Bellaver d. 1993 American actor. TV: Naked City (Frank Arcaro) and Another World (Ernie Downs).

1904 Ted Mack d. 1976 American emcee, The Original Amateur Hour (1948-70).

1893 Omar Nelson Bradley d. 1981 American World War II hero, the last U.S. five-star general. He commanded the 12th Army - the largest U.S. force ever commanded by a single person - and served 69 years on active duty, the longest ever served by a U.S. soldier.

1878 Howard Joseph Edgar d. 1961 American songwriter. Music: Hello, My Baby.

1843 John Graham Chambers d. 1883 British sportsman, defined the Marquess of Queensberry boxing rules (1867), which established the mandatory use of gloves, the ten-count rule, and three-minute rounds.

1836 Charles Edward Cheney d. 1916 American religious leader, founder of the Reformed Episcopal Church (1873).

1809 Charles Robert Darwin d. 1882 English evolutionist, author of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859).

1809 Abraham Lincoln d. 1865 16th U.S. President (1861-65), assassinated by John Wilkes Booth, making Vice-Pres. Andrew Johnson president. Lincoln was the first actual person to have their portrait on a U.S. coin (1909 penny).

1791 Peter Cooper d. 1883 American inventor. He built the first US steam locomotive (1830, the Tom Thumb) and also invented a washing machine which was powered by the tides.

2000 Tom Landry b. 1924 American football player, coach for the Dallas Cowboys.  He invented the "4-3 Defense."

2000 Charles Monroe Schulz b. 1922 American cartoonist, creator of Peanuts (1950).

1985 Nicholas Colasanto b. 1924 American actor. TV: Cheers (Coach).

1971 J.C. Penney b. 1875 (James Cash Penny), American businessman, founded the J.C. Penney department store chain (1902).

1942 Grant Wood b. 1892 American artist, American Gothic.

1915 Fanny Crosby b. 1820 (Frances Jane Crosby), American hymn writer. Blind since an infant, she composed over 5,000 hymns including Safe in the Arms of Jesus, Blessed Assurance, and To God Be the Glory. Source: An Almanac of the Christian Church

1804 Immanuel Kant b. 1724 German philosopher, founder of critical philosophy.

1789 Ethan Allen b. 1738 American Revolutionary War commander. He organized the Green Mountain Boys (1770).

1554 Lady Jane Grey b. circa 1537 Queen of England for nine days, her half-sister Mary Tudor, the rightful heir to the throne, forced her to renounce the throne and then had her and her husband beheaded.

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