
| Voltaire, thinker | |
| Sir Samuel Cunard, founded 1st regular Atlantic steamship line | |
| Coleman Hawkins, virtually created the tenor saxophone for jazz | |
| Natalia Maskarova, in Lenningrad, ballerina | |
| NC becomes 12th state | |
| first US ambassador is sent to the USSR - WC Bullitt | |
| Jack Benny(Violin) & Richard Nixon(Piano) play their famed duet | |
| the world's longest suspension bridge, Verrazano Narrows, opens. | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0