2005 Hurricane Katrina Former first lady Barbara Bush comments on the Katrina evacuees staying in the Houston Astrodome, "And so many of the people in the arena here, you know, were underprivileged anyway so this, (laughing) this is working very well for them."

1991 The Soviet Union is restructured into individual republics having the right to secede and determine their involvement with the central government.

1983 Thicke of the Night debuts starring Alan Thicke.

1977 Voyager I is launched, flying past Jupiter in 1979 and Saturn in 1980.

1975 Presidential assassination attempt Charles Manson follower "Squeaky" Fromme is apprehended while attempting to shoot Pres. Ford.

1972 Olympic massacre Eleven Israeli athletes are killed by Palestinian terrorists.

1949 The discovery of radiocarbon dating is announced by American chemist Willard Frank Libby.

1916 Rudolph Valentino is arrested by the New York City vice squad for luring a man into a whorehouse with the intent to blackmail him later.

1906 First legal forward pass in a football game The St. Louis University throw one against Carroll College.

1774 First assembly of the Continental Congress Peyton Randolph is elected president.

1950 Cathy Lee Guisewite American cartoonist, created Cathy (1976).

1946 Freddie Mercury d. 1991 (Frederick Bulsara), musician, lead singer of Queen, died of AIDS.

1940 Raquel Welch (Raquel Tejada), American actress, sex symbol. Film: One Million Years B.C. (1966) and Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976).

1939 William Devane American actor. TV: Knots Landing (Greg Sumner).

1939 George Lazenby Australian actor. Film: Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969, James Bond).

1935 Werner Erhard (John Paul Rosenberg), American educator, developed the social transformation technique "est" (Erhard Training Seminars, 1971).

1929 Bob Newhart American actor. TV: The Bob Newhart Show and Newhart.

1912 John Cage d. 1992 American avant-garde composer, noted for his use of unusual items for music. He created what is considered the first electronic music by varying the frequencies of tone generators.

1902 Darryl Francis Zanuck d. 1979 American Oscar-winning movie producer and executive, co-founder of 20th Century Pictures (1933).  In 1946, he predicted the quick demise of television stating, "People will soon get tired of staring at a plywood box every night."

1897 Arthur Charles Nielsen d. 1980 American marketing researcher. He founded A.C. Nielsen Co. (1923), which conducts radio and TV audience surveys.

1847 Jesse Woodson James d. 1882 American outlaw, fought with Confederate guerrillas during the Civil War. He was shot by a member of his own gang to collect his reward of $10,000.

1846 Jack Daniels d. 1911 (Jasper Newton Daniel), American whiskey maker. He died of blood poisoning from a wound incurred while kicking a safe because he had forgotten the combination. (Biography: Blood and Whiskey : The Life and Times of Jack Daniel).

1638 Louis XIV d. 1715 (Louis Dieudonné), King of France (1643-1715), became king at the age of 5. His successor, great-grandson Louis XV, also became king at age 5.

1187 Louis VIII d. 1226 (Louis the Fat), King of France (1223-26).

1999 Allen Funt b. 1914 American TV personality, creator and host of Candid Camera.

1997 Mother Teresa of Calcutta b. 1910 (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu), Yugoslavian-born Nobel Peace Prize-winning missionary. Called "The Living Saint," she dedicated her life to the poor and sick of India.

1902 Rudolf Virchow b. 1821 German scientist, political leader, "Founder of Cellular Pathology."

1877 Crazy Horse b. circa 1849 Sioux Indian chief, after his village was destroyed for refusing to return to the reservation, he led an uprising against the U.S., defeating Gen. Custer in his last stand (1876).

1786 Jonas Hanway b. 1712 English traveller. He is credited with popularizing the umbrella in London after bringing one back from Portugal.

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