Birthdays
1856 L. Frank Baum,writer of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz"
1937 Madeleine Albright
1953 George Brett
1957 Emmitt Smith
1975 Ray Lewis
Events
1252 Pope Innocent IV issues the papal bull Ad Extirpanda, which authorizes but also limits the torture of heretics in the Medieval Inquisition. Not such bad guys after all
1718 London lawyer James Puckle patents the world's first machine gun
1800 Pope Pius VII calls on French bishops to return to Gospel principles - so long papal bull Ad Extirpanda
1829 Joseph Smith ordained by John the Baptist according to Joseph Smith.Sounds reasonable
1841 First emigrant wagon train to reach California leaves Independence, Missouri, on a 1,730-mile journey over the Sierra Nevada
1862 First baseball enclosure opens at Union Grounds in Brooklyn
1862 Major General Benjamin Butler issues order (New Orleans) that Confederate women abusing Union soldiers be treated as whores.
1869 National Woman Suffrage Association forms in New York, founded by Susan B. Anthony and Elizabeth Cady Stanton
1896 Tornado kills 78 in Texas
1905 Las Vegas founded in Nevada
1918 Washington Senator Walter Johnson pitches 1-0, 18 inning game
1929 Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic later the Cleveland Clinic
1938 Mickey Mouse makes his first appearance in the silent film "Plane Crazy"
1940 German armoured division moves into Northern France
1940 German troops occupy Amsterdam, General Winkelman surrenders
1940 Richard and Maurice McDonald open the first McDonald's restaurant in San Bernardino, California
1945 World War II: The final skirmish in Europe is fought near Prevalje, Slovenia
1951 AT&T becomes the first US corporation to have a million stockholders after young car salesman Brady Denton purchases seven shares worth $1,078
1968 Paul McCartney & John Lennon appear on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson", to promote Apple Records, Joe Garagiola is substitute host
1973 California Angel Nolan Ryan's 1st no-hitter beats KC Royals, 3-0
1981 Len Barker of Cleveland pitches perfect game vs Toronto. Fun fact - I was there.
1988 The Soviet Union begins withdrawing its 115,000 troops from Afghanistan
1990 "Portrait of Doctor Gachet" by Vincent Van Gogh sells for $82.5 million
1990 Edmonton Oiler Petr Klima scores to defeat Boston Bruins in third overtime period, the longest Stanley Cup Finals game in history
2019 Alabama passes law banning abortion in almost all cases including rape or incest

2023 Martha Stewart is Sports Illustrated oldest-ever cover model at 81, appearing as part of its swimsuit issue