Guardian Angels Day commemorating the angels who protect us from spiritual and physical harm.

1967 First Black U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall is sworn in.

1961 Ben Casey debuts on ABC.

1959 The Twilight Zone debuts on CBS, starring Rod Serling as its narrator and host.

1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents debuts on CBS.

1950 Peanuts Charles Schulz' comic strip featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and pals debuts.

1942 The Queen Mary rams and sinks a British cruiser 338 people aboard the cruiser were killed.

1889 First Pan-American Conference in Washington D.C.

1971 Tiffany (Tiffany Darwish), American singer. Music: I Think We're Alone Now (1987, #1).

1951 Sting (Gordon Sumner), British singer, with The Police, actor. Music: Roxanne (1978), Message In A Bottle (1979, #1), Every Breath You Take (1983, #1).

1945 Don McLean American singer. Music: American Pie (1971).

1938 Rex Reed American movie critic.

1929 Moses Gunn American actor. TV: Father Murphy (Moses Gage) and Roots (Kintango).

1928 Spanky McFarland d. 1993 (George McFarland), American actor. Film: The Little Rascals (Spanky). He appeared in 95 Our Gang films.

1897 Bud Abbott d. 1974 (William Alexander Abbott), American comedian, Costello's partner.

1890 Groucho Marx d. 1977 (Julius Marx), American comedian, cigar-smoking Marx Brother and host of TV's You Bet Your Life.

1871 Cordell Hull d. 1955 American statesman, Nobel Peace Prize winner (1945). He served in both houses of Congress and as secretary of state (1933-44). He is noted for his contributions to the establishment of the United Nations.

1869 Mahatma Gandhi d. 1948 (Mohandas Karamchand), Indian political, spiritual, and civil rights leader. He gained world honor for his advocacy of nonviolence.

1452 Richard III d. 1485 King of England (1483-85). He was killed in battle with Henry Tudor after being deserted by his key nobleman.

1998 Gene Autry b. 1907 American actor, the singing cowboy. He wrote and recorded more than 200 songs.

1987 Sir Peter Brian Medawar b. 1915 British Nobel-winning medical scientist. He was co-winner of a 1960 Nobel Prize for his work on skin grafting.

1985 Rock Hudson b. 1925 (Roy Scherer Jr.), American actor. TV: McMillan and Wife (McMillan). He was the first major public figure to announce he had AIDS.

1973 Paul Hartman b. 1904 American actor. TV: The Andy Griffith Show (Emmett the fix-it man).

1940 Freelan O. Stanley b. 1849 American automaker. He and his twin brother formed the Stanley Steamer Co. (1897-1924), which produced steam-powered automobiles.

1931 Sir Thomas Johnstone Lipton b. 1850 British tea maker, yachtsman, he began empire in 1871 with a single provision shop in Glasgow.

1928 Clarence Walker Barron b. 1855 American financial editor, Barron's Financial Weekly (1921-28).

1872 Francis Lieber b. 1800 German-born American historian, political economist, creator and first editor of the Encyclopedia Americana (1829-33).

1803 Samuel Adams b. 1722 American patriot, one of the leaders of the Boston Tea Party (1773), signer of the Declaration of Independence, and governor of Massachusetts (1794-97).

1780 John André b. 1751 British officer. After exposing Benedict Arnold's plot to betray West Point (1780), he was hanged by the Continental Army.

1264 Urban IV b. ???? French-born religious leader, 182nd Pope (1261-64).

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