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1961US vice-president Lyndon B. Johnson visits West Berlin
1995Mike Tyson returns to the ring & DQs Peter McNeeley in 38 seconds
1976President Gerald R Ford wins Republican presidential nomination at KC convention
1990Betsy King wins LPGA JAL Big Apple Golf Classic
1962Mickey Wright wins LPGA Albuquerque Swing Parade Golf Tournament
1984Republican convention in Houston nominates Ronald Reagan for President
1791Benjamin Banneker published his 1st Almanac
1991Janajev & KGB coup in Russia deposes Mikhail Gorbachev
1821Failed liberal coup against French King Louis XVIII
43 BCOctavian, later known as Augustus, compels the Roman Senate to elect him Consul.
1946Bill Clinton [William Jefferson], Hope Arkansas, 42nd United States President (Democrat, 1993-01)
1871Orville Wright, Dayton OH, aviator (Wright Brothers), (d. 1912)
1919Malcolm Forbes, Brooklyn New York, publisher (Forbes Magazine), (d. 1990)
1878Manuel Luis Quezon y Molina, Second President of Philippines (1935-42)
1956Actor Christopher Plummer (26) weds actress Tammy Grimes (22) at Cherokee Castle in Sedalia, Colorado
1993Actress Kim Basinger weds actor Alec Baldwin
1935French singer Edith Piaf (19) weds Andrew Johnseppe in Belleville, Paris
1974Oscar-winning lyricist Tim Rice (29) weds Jane McIntosh
14Augustus Caesar, first Roman Emperor (b. 63 BC)
1822Jean Baptiste Joseph Delambre, French mathematician and astronomer, dies at 72
1662Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist, and philosopher (b. 1623)
1994Linus Pauling, Nobel prize scientist (Vitamin C advocate), dies at 93
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