In 1861, Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America. In 1964, the Beatles appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show. In 1994, Nelson Mandela became president of South Africa.

William Henry Harrison (1773-1841), U.S. president; Ronald Colman (1891-1958), actor; Brendan Behan (1923-1964), playwright; Roger Mudd (1928- ), TV journalist; Joe Pesci (1943- ), actor; Alice Walker (1944- ), writer; Mia Farrow (1945- ), actress; Travis Tritt (1963- ), singer; Mena Suvari (1979- ), actress.

In 1992, Magic Johnson, who had retired three months earlier after announcing he had contracted HIV, was named MVP of the NBA All-Star game.

Some 45.3 percent of all U.S. TV-owning households tuned in to see The Beatles’ TV debut in America on The Ed Sullivan Show; it was then the highest-rated TV telecast and is still the 24th highest of all-time.

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.” – Alice Walker