Miniature Golf Day
World Gratitude Day
Peace One Day
International Banana Festival
National Pecan Cookie Day
Respect for The Aged Day
World's Alzheimer's Day
Birthdays
1866 – H. G. Wells, English journalist, historian, and author (d. 1946)
1931 – Larry Hagman, American actor, director, and producer "I Dream of Jeannie" and "J.R. Ewing" on "Dallas" (d. 2012)
1934 – Leonard Cohen, Canadian singer-songwriter and poet
1935 - Henry Gibson, actor, comedian, "Laugh-In"
1944 – Fannie Flagg, American actress and author
1947 - Stephen King, novelist, horror stories
1950 - Bill Murray, actor, comedian
1962 - Rob Morrow, actor, TV shows "Northern Exposure" and "NUMBERS"
1967 - Faith Hill, singer
1968 - Riki Lake, actor
Today In History
1780 – American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
1897 – The "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus" editorial is published in the New York Sun.
1937 – J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit is published.
1945 - Henry Ford retires from Ford Motor Company.
1942 – The Holocaust: On the Jewish holiday of Yom Kippur, Nazis send over 1,000 Jews of Pidhaitsi (west Ukraine) to Bełżec extermination camp.
1942 – In Dunaivtsi, Ukraine, Nazis murder 2,588 Jews.
1942 – The Boeing B-29 Superfortress makes its maiden flight.
1964 – Malta gains independence from the United Kingdom.
1964 – The North American XB-70 Valkyrie, the world's first Mach 3 bomber, makes its maiden flight from Palmdale, California.
1981 – Sandra Day O'Connor is unanimously approved by the U.S. Senate as the first female Supreme Court justice.
2003 – Galileo mission is terminated by sending the probe into Jupiter's atmosphere, where it is crushed by the pressure at the lower altitudes.
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