Earth Day, Girl Scout Leader Day, National Jelly Bean Day
1778 John Paul Jones lead an invasion into Whitehaven, England and then onto Kirkcudbright Bay and then across the Irish Sea to Carrickfergus where he and his mighty men captured the HMS Drake.
1886 Under penalty of two to ten years in prison, Ohio passed a law that made seduction illegal by instructors or teachers over the age of 18 even if sex was consensual.
1889 Oklahoma Territory was opened for settlers.
1934 Baby Face Nelson killed FBI Special Agent Carter Baum during a raid in Wisconsin.
1954 Senator Joseph McCarthy began communist hearings with the US Army.
1970 The first Earth Day. Created by Senator Gaylord Nelson (WI) to increase global ecological awareness.
1978 Saturday Night Live debuts the infamous group The Blues Brothers.
1992 A gas leak in Guadalajaran sewer system caused dozens of explosions killing more than 200 and damaging 1,000 buildings.
1994 Four days after having a stroke, Former President Richard Milhouse Nixon died.
1870 | Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | Politician | Led October Revolution of 1917 |
1873 | Ellen Glasgow | Novelist | The Descendants; Veins of Iron; This is Our Life |
1908 | Eddie Albert | Actor | Oklahoma!; The Longest Day; Green Acres |
1928 | Aaron Spelling | Producer | Dynasty; Mod Squad; Fantasy Island; Charlie’s Angels; TJ Hooker; Charmed |
1936 | Glen Campbell | Singer | Wichita Lineman; Rhinestone Cowboy |
1937 | Jack Nicholson | Actor | Easy Rider; One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest |
1939 | Jason Miller | Playwright/Actor | That Championship Season; The Exorcist |
1946 | John Waters | Director | Pink Flamingos, Polyester, Hairspray |
1950 | Peter Frampton | Singer | Do You Feel Like We Do |
1978 | Kim Elizabeth | Author | Netherworld; Dark World Vampires |
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