| Baruch Spinoza, philosopher | |
| Father Junipero Serra, who had a mission in California. | |
| Zachary Taylor, 12th President (1849-1850) | |
| Henre de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter | |
| Scott Joplin, entertainer | |
| Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends and Influence People) | |
| William F. Buckley, Jr., right-wing curmudgeon | |
| Destructive eruption of Vesuvius | |
| Patent granted to Joseph Glidden for barbed wire. | |
| first live murder on TV - Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald. | |
| 'D B Cooper' parachutes from a Northwest 727 with $200,000. | |
By Scott Labrecque version 9.4.0.0