1884
Entertainer Sophie "Last of the Red-Hot Mammas" Tucker born somewhere in Csarist Russia.
1887
Armenian mystic George Gurdjieff born in Alexandropol, Russia.
1941
Irish writer James Joyce (Ulysses) passes away in Zurich, Switzerland following surgery.
He was 58 years old.
1957
Wham-O Company produces the first Frisbee.
1962
TV comedian Ernie Kovacs is killed in a car crash in West Los Angeles.
1964
The Beatles release I Wanna Hold Your Hand in the US.
1968
Singer Johnny Cash performs live Folsom State prison in California.
The performance will produce the hit album At Folsom Prison.
1974
Super Bowl VIII - Dolphins beat the Vikings 24-7 in Houston in Rice Stadium.