On this date:
1819 – Alabama becomes the 22nd U.S. state.
1940 – Plutonium (specifically Pu-238) is first isolated at Berkeley, California.1964 – American Civil Rights Movement: Heart of Atlanta Motel v. United States: The Supreme Court of the United States rules that Congress can use the Constitution’s Commerce Clause to fight discrimination.
Births:
1631 – Anne Conway, English philosopher and author (d. 1679)
1896 – Jimmy Doolittle, American general and pilot, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1993)
1908 – Morey Amsterdam, American actor, singer, and screenwriter (d. 1996)
1916 – Shirley Jackson, American novelist and short story writer (d. 1965)
1946 – Patty Duke, American actress (d. 2016)
Deaths:
1943 – John Harvey Kellogg, American physician and businessman, co-invented corn flakes (b. 1852)
1998 – Annette Strauss, American philanthropist and politician, Mayor of Dallas (b. 1924)
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