Born this day in 1856: Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States (Staunton, VA; died 1924). Sharing his birthday is another world leader: Milton Obote, Ugandan independence leader, prime minister, and president (Akoroko, Uganda; died 2005).
On this day in 1846, Iowa became the 29th U.S. state; and in 1945, Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance.
Born This Day
1763: John
Molson, founder of the Molson brewery (Lincolnshire, England; died 1836)
1856: Woodrow
Wilson, 28th president of the United
States (Staunton, VA; died 1924)
1896: Roger Huntington
Sessions, composer (Brooklyn, NY; died 1985)
1902: Mortimer J.
Adler, American scholar, author, and educator (New York, NY;
died 2001)
1905: Earl
(Fatha) Hines, known as the father of modern jazz piano (Duquesne, PA; died
1983)
1908: Lew Ayres,
actor (Minneapolis, MN; died 1996)
1913: Lou Jacobi,
actor (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
1924: Milton
Obote, Ugandan independence leader, prime minister, and president (Akoroko, Uganda;
died 2005)
1925: Hildegard
Knef, actress (Ulm, Germany; died 2002)
1927: Martin
Milner, actor (Detroit, MI)
1932: Manuel
Puig, novelist best known for The Kiss of the Spider Woman (General Villegas,
Argentina; died 1990)
1934: Maggie
Smith, actress (Ilford, England)
1946: Hubie
Green, golfer (Birmingham, AL); Edgar Winter, singer/musician (Beaumont, TX)
1954: Denzel
Washington, actor (Mount Vernon,
NY)
1964: Malcolm
Gets, actor (Gainesville, FL)
This Day In History
1832: John C.
Calhoun becomes the first vice president to resign.
1846: Iowa is admitted to the Union
as the 29th state.
1945: Congress
officially recognizes the Pledge of Allegiance.
1981: The first
American test-tube baby is born, in Norfolk,
VA.
2001: Pres.
George W. Bush formally grants China
permanent normal trade status with the U.S.
