BIRTHDAYS
1873 = IchizÅ Kobayashi = Japanese businessman and art collector
1887 = August Macke = German-French painter
1892 = J.R.R. Tolkien = English writer and philologist
1897 = Dorothy Arzner = American film director š
1897 = Marion Davies = American actor and comedian
1907 = Ray Milland = Welsh-American actor and director
1909 = Victor Borge = Danish-American pianist and conductor
1910 = John Sturges = American director and producer
1915 = Jack Levine = American painter and soldier
1916 = Betty Furness = American actor and television journalist
1917 = Roger Williams Straus Jr. = American publisher
1919 = Herbie Nichols = American pianist and composer
1926 = George Martin = English producer, arranger, composer, and conductor
1929 = Gordon Moore = American Intel Corporation co-founder
1929 = Sergio Leone = Italian filmmaker
1930 = Robert Loggia = American actor and director
1932 = Dabney Coleman = American actor
1937 = Glen A. Larson = American Battlestar Galactica creator-director
1939 = Bobby Hull = Canadian ice hockey player
1940 = Leo de Berardinis = Italian actor and director
1947 = Zulema = American singer-songwriter
1950 = Victoria Principal = American actor
1956 = Mel Gibson = American-Australian actor and filmmaker
1964 = Bruce LaBruce = Canadian filmmaker š
1975 = Danica McKellar = American actor and mathematician
1975 = Thomas Bangalter = French DJ, musician, and producer
1978 = Kimberley Locke = American singer-songwriter and tv personality
1996 = Florence Pugh = English actor
2003 = Greta Thunberg = Swedish environmental activist
EVENTS
1496 = Leonardo da Vinci unsuccessfully tests a flying machine.
1749 = The first issue of Berlingske, Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published.
1870 = Construction work begins on the Brooklyn Bridge in NYC.
1947 = Proceedings of the U.S. Congress are televised for the first time.
1957 = The Hamilton Watch Company introduces the first electric watch.
1959 = Alaska is admitted as the 49th US state.
1977 = Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak incorporate Apple Computer, Inc.
1981 = Barney Frank becomes a member of the US House of Representatives. He is the first US congressperson to come out. He is re-elected consecutively until he retires in 2013.
1987 = Aretha Franklin is the first female artist to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
1991 = Blossom, starring Mayim Bialik and Joey Lawrence, premieres on NBC.
1993 = Star Trek: Deep Space Nine premieres in first-run syndication.
2004 = After hosting the show for over 30 years, Casey Kasem gives up the hosting duties of American Top 40. Ryan Seacrest becomes its host.
2009 = The first block of the blockchain of Bitcoin, called the Genesis block, is established by the creator of the system, Satoshi Nakamoto.
2013 = After serving for 32 years, Barney Frank retires from US House of Representatives.
