1994 Black Hole Astronomers announce that the Hubble Space Telescope has for the first time confirmed the existence of a black hole. It was found in the constellation Virgo.

1988 Rambo III premiers.

1981 Daniel Goodwin, wearing a Spider-Man costume and using rope and suction cups, climbs the Sears Tower. He was arrested for his achievement.

1979 Worst Aviation Accident in U.S. History An American Airlines DC-10 crashes on takeoff killing all 272 persons aboard and three on the ground.

1973 Skylab The crew arrives at the U.S. space station which was launched on the 14th. They returned to Earth on the 22nd.

1969 Midnight Cowboy The controversial film is released.  Midnight Cowboy was the first X-Rated film to win an Oscar, however, its rating was later changed to "R."

1968 A Soviet nuclear-powered submarine experiences a core meltdown, killing nine crewman.

1951 Willie Mays plays his first major-league game.

1935 Jesse Owens In a span of 45 minutes, he ties the world record for the 100-yard dash (9.4 sec.) and sets world records for the broad jump (26 feet, 8¼ inches), 220-yard dash (20.3 sec., also a 200 meter record) and the 220-yard low hurdles (22.6 sec., also a 200 meter record). Source: Guinness Book of World Records

1935 Babe Ruth The Sultan of Swat hits number 714, his last home run. He also hit numbers 712 and 713 in the same game.

1925 Monkey Trial John T. Scopes is indicted in Tennessee for teaching evolution.

1955 Connie Sellecca American actress. TV: Hotel (Christine Francis).

1947 Karen Valentine American Emmy-winning actress. TV: Room 222 (Alice Johnson).

1944 Frank Oz English Emmy-winning puppeteer, Sesame Street, The Muppet Show, and designed, operated, and provided the voice for Yoda in the Star Wars movies.

1943 Leslie Uggams American Emmy-winning actress, singer.

1936 Tom T. Hall American country singer, songwriter. Music: wrote Harper Valley PTA.

1929 Beverly Sills d. 2007 (Belle Silverman), American opera singer, soprano.

1927 Robert Ludlum d. 2001 American author. Writings: The Scarlatti Inheritance (1971),  The Osterman Weekend (1972), and the Bourne Supremacy (1986).

1918 Claude Akins d. 1994 American actor. TV: Lobo (The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo) (title role).

1898 Bennett Alfred Cerf d. 1971 American publisher. He was the founder, president, and chairman of Random House publishers. He was also a panelist on the TV show What's My Line? for 16 years.

1889 Igor Ivanovich Sikorsky d. 1972 Ukrainian-born American aviation pioneer. He developed the first practical helicopter (1939), the first multi-engine airplane (1913), and the flying boat.

1878 Bojangles d. 1949 (Luther Bill Robinson), American tap dancer, known as the Mayor of Harlem.

1866 Carl Emil "Bunny" Schultze d. 1939 American cartoonist, creator of Foxy Grandpa (1900).

1803 Ralph Waldo Emerson d. 1882 American poet, philosopher.

1990 Vic Tayback b. 1929 American actor. TV: Alice (Mel).

1934 Gustav Holst b. 1874 English composer. Music: The Planets (1919) and The Perfect Fool (1923).

1919 Sarah Walker b. 1867 American businesswoman, the first self-made millionaire American woman. An orphaned black lady, she made her fortune selling a hair straightener she invented (1905).

1261 Alexander IV b. 1199 Italian religious leader, 181st Pope (1254-61), established the Inquisition in France.

1085 Saint Gregory VII b. ???? religious leader, 157th Pope (1073-85).

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