Cybill Shepherd (r.) born - 1950

1974 – Robert K. Preston, a disgruntled U.S. Army private, buzzes the White House in a stolen helicopter.

1965 – Project Ranger: The Ranger 8 probe launches on its mission to photograph the Mare Tranquillitatis region of the Moon in preparation for the manned Apollo missions. Mare Tranquillitatis or the "Sea of Tranquility" would become the site chosen for the Apollo 11 lunar landing.

1959 – Project Vanguard: Vanguard 2 – The first weather satellite is launched to measure cloud-cover distribution.

2011 – The first wave of the Egyptian revolution culminates in the resignation of Hosni Mubarak and the transfer of power to the Supreme Military Council after 18 days of protests.

1979 – The Iranian Revolution establishes an Islamic theocracy under the leadership of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

1938 – BBC Television produces the world's first ever science fiction television program, an adaptation of a section of the Karel Čapek play R.U.R., that coined the term "robot".

1916 – Emma Goldman is arrested for lecturing on birth control.

1861 – American Civil War: United States House of Representatives unanimously passes a resolution guaranteeing noninterference with slavery in any state.

1808 – Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.

 aflanigan wrote: 
Ooopsy - fixed it  

I type the name "Robert" so often that I got careless.

 sirdroseph wrote: 
Sorry, my bad, it was actually a typo on Proclivities' part (Robert, he forgot the "a" at the end).

:meaculpa:

1954 – President Dwight Eisenhower warns against United States intervention in Vietnam.

69 years ago today my mom and dad got married - changing their big wedding in June to a small wedding in February so my dad could get "married Naval officer" housing while it was available.
 
 
Thank goodness for that union.  

 aflanigan wrote: 

??  What does the fact that I lived in Black Mountain in 1993 and Roberta Flack being born there in 1939 have to do with my eyesight??

 sirdroseph wrote: 

Dude, I think it's time to have your eyeglass prescription checked.

 Proclivities wrote: 

I didn't know she was born there, I lived in Black Mountain for a short stint in '93.  Quaint little mountain town, very scenic.

Roberta Flack born in Black Mountain, NC, 1939

 Antigone wrote: 
immoral,  not immortal

1971 – Satchel Paige becomes the first Negro League player to be voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame.