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1910 - Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt goes on his first airplane ride, in St Louis, with Arch Hoxsey as his pilot. Roosevelt almost falls out of the airplane while waving to the crowd below and Hoxsey pulls him back. This however made Roosevelt the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
1950 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS (RCA will successfully dispute and block the license from taking effect, however)
1975 - Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the guest host.
Births
1962 - Joan Cusack, American actress and comedienne
1966 - Luke Perry, American actor
1973 - Dmitri Young, baseball player
Deaths
1935 - Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
1961 - Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
1991 - Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (b. 1922
1910 - Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt goes on his first airplane ride, in St Louis, with Arch Hoxsey as his pilot. Roosevelt almost falls out of the airplane while waving to the crowd below and Hoxsey pulls him back. This however made Roosevelt the first U.S. president to fly in an airplane.
1950 - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission issues the first license to broadcast television in color, to CBS (RCA will successfully dispute and block the license from taking effect, however)
1975 - Saturday Night Live debuts with George Carlin as the guest host.
Births
1962 - Joan Cusack, American actress and comedienne
1966 - Luke Perry, American actor
1973 - Dmitri Young, baseball player
Deaths
1935 - Steele Rudd, Australian author (b. 1868)
1961 - Chico Marx, American comedian (b. 1887)
1991 - Redd Foxx, American comedian and actor (b. 1922