BIRTHDAYS:
1800, Millard Fillmore, 13th President (1850 - 1853)

1948, Kenny Loggins, singer

1957, Katie Couric, broadcast journalist

1964, Nicholas Cage, actor

1966, Carolyn Bessette Kennedy, wife of John F. Kennedy Jr.


EVENTS:
1610, Galileo discovers the 4 major moons of Jupiter.

1714, The typewriter is patented (it was built years later)

1785, First balloon flight across the English Channel.

1896, Fanny Farmer publishes her first cookbook.

1929, "Tarzan", one of the first adventure comic strips appears.

1948, First ant farm is sold in the United States.

1963, First Class postage is raised from 4 cents to 5 cents.

1968, First Class postage is raised again from 5 cents to 6 cents.

When God sneezed, I didn't know what to say.
- Henny Youngman