1993 The Chevy Chase Show The ex-Saturday Night Live comic makes his late-night host debut on Fox. It was cancelled after six weeks - Fox executives said it was so bad it was "embarrassing to watch."

1991 Tailhook Navy officers at a Las Vegas Hilton force women down a gauntlet where they grabbed at them and ripped their clothes.

1981 The People's Court debuts with Judge Joseph Wapner presiding.

1978 Umbrella Assassination Bulgarian dissident, Georgi Markov, while waiting at a bus stop is stabbed with an umbrella that inserted a ricin-filled pellet. He died several days later. It is believed that the KGB was behind the plot.

1974 Baseball The tip of Graig Nettles's bat comes off during a Yankee baseball game, exposing its illegal cork center.

1970 Willie Shoemaker The horse jockey legend becomes the all-time victory leader by winning his 6,033th race.

1968 The Banana Splits Adventure Hour debuts on NBC, starring Bingo, Drooper, Fleegle, and Snorky.

1956 The Adventures of Jim Bowie debuts on ABC.

1921 First Miss America Pageant It was won the following day by 15-year-old Margaret Gorman, still the youngest person to ever win. Her measurements were 30-25-32.

1916 Workmen's Compensation Act The act providing compensation for injured federal employees is passed by Congress.

1896 First U.S. automobile track race It was held in Cranston, Rhode Island and won by A.H. Whiting.

1881 Jesse James The outlaw commits his last robbery. It was at Blue Cut, Missouri netting $3000 in cash and jewelry taken from the passengers.

1876 Jesse James The notorious outlaw and his brother Frank barely escape an unsuccessful Minnesota bank robbery attempt. All of their gang members were either captured or killed.

1776 First submarine warfare The American Turtle attacks HMS Eagle during the American Revolution.

1954 Corbin Bernsen American actor. TV: L.A. Law (Arnie Becker).

1951 Julie Kavner American Emmy-winning actress. TV: Rhoda (Brenda) and The Simpsons (voice of Marge).

1951 Georganne LaPiere American actress. TV: General Hospital (Heather Grant). She is the real-life sister of singer Cher.

1951 Chrissie Hynde American singer, with the Pretenders.

1948 Susan Blakely model, actress, Julie Jordache of Rich Man, Poor Man - Book I.

1936 Buddy Holly d. 1959 (Charles Harden Holley), American rock 'n' roll pioneer. He died in a plane crash with the Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens (The Day the Music Died).

1923 Peter Lawford d. 1984 British-born American actor. TV: The Thin Man (Nick Charles).

1909 Elia Kazan d. 2003 (Elia Kazanjoglou), Greek-born Oscar-Tony-winning director. Broadway: A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955). Film: Gentleman's Agreement (1947, Oscar) and On the Waterfront (1954). His The Arrangement was the best selling book of 1967.

1902 Roy Barcroft d. 1969 (Howard N. Ravenscroft), American cowboy actor, appeared in over 200 films - mostly low-budget westerns - and numerous movie serials and TV shows.

1860 Grandma Moses d. 1961 (Anna Robertson Moses), American artist, known for her bright pictures of American rural life. She began her painting career at age 78.

1840 Luther Childs Crowell d. 1903 American inventor of the square bottomed paper grocery bag (1872).

1819 Thomas Andrews Hendricks d. 1885 21st U.S. Vice-President (1885).

1533 Elizabeth I d. 1603 Queen of England, and for whom the Elizabethan Era is named.

1994 James Clavell b. 1924 British-born American author, screenwriter. Film: The Fly (1958), The Great Escape (1963), To Sir With Love (1967), and Shogun (1975).

1991 Edwin Mattison McMillan b. 1907 American physicist. He shared a 1951 Nobel Prize with Glenn Seaborg for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements.

1978 Keith Moon b. 1947 British singer, with The Who. Music: My Generation (1965) and Pinball Wizard (1969).

1954 Bud Fisher b. 1885 (Harry Conway Fisher), American cartoonist, created Mutt and Jeff (1907).

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