BIRTHDAYS:
1867, Wilbur Wright, of aeroplane fame.

1889, Charlie Chaplin, film actor and director.

1947, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, professional basketball player

1965, Martin Lawrence, actor.

1971, Selena Quintanilla, singer


EVENTS:
1866, An explosion at a Wells Fargo office in San Francisco, caused by nitroglycerin, resulted in 15 deaths and extensive damage. This event led to California banning the transportation of nitroglycerin.

1926, The "Book-of-the-Month" Club opens for business.

1945, The destroyer USS Laffey survives horrific damage from attacks by 22 Japanese aircraft off Okinawa, earning the nickname "The Ship That Would Not Die."

1972, Two giants pandas arrive in the U.S. from China.

1986, First test tube baby is born.

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson