1783
With the Marquis d’Arlandes, Pilâtre de Rozier made the first free flight in a balloon, reaching a peak altitude of about 3,000 ft and traveling about 5 1/2 mi in 20 min.
1789
North Carolina became the 12th state.
1922
Georgia’s Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator.
1934
Cole Porter’s musical Anything Goes opened in New York City.
1969
For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth.
1973
The 18 1/2 min gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed.
Birthdays
Voltaire
1694–1778, French Philosopher and Author whose name was François Marie Arouet de Voltaire.
Hetty Green
financier (1834)
Rene Magritte
painter (1898)
Coleman Hawkins
jazz musician (1904)
Stan Musial
baseball player (1920)
Goldie Hawn
actress (1945)
Tina Brown
magazine publisher (1953)
Björk
singer, songwriter (1965)
Troy Aikman
football player, TV commentator (1966)
1991
Egypt’s Boutros Boutros-Ghali was chosen to become secretary-general by the UN Security Council.