1812 – Poet and artist Edward Lear was born in Highgate, England.
1820 – Health activist and nurse Florence Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy.
1828 – Writer and artist Dante Rossetti was born in London.
1831 – The first indicted bank robber in the U.S., Edward Smith, was sentenced to five years hard labor on the rock pile at Sing Sing Prison.
1847 – Mormon pioneer William Clayton invented the odometer.
1900 – Captain Mildred McAfee, 1st Director of the U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Voluntary Emergency Service; Distinguished Service Medal, 1945, was born in Parkville, MO.
1903 – While visiting San Francisco, President Theodore Roosevelt became the first U.S. president to be photographed using moving picture film.
1907 – Actress Katharine Hepburn was born in Hartford, CT.
1914 – Journalist and TV anchorman Howard K. Smith was born in Ferriday, LA.
1932 – The body of Charles Lindbergh’s baby was found in a wooded area near the family home in Hopewell, NJ.
1937 – Prince George VI was crowned king of England after his older brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated the throne to marry an American divorcee.
1950 – The American Bowling Congress abolished its White males-only membership restriction after 34 years.
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