1800
American abolitionist John Brown born in Torrington, Connecticut.
1860
Author James M Barrie (Peter Pan) born in Kirriemuir, England.
1921
T.S. Eliot began "The Waste Land".
1938
Poet Charles Simic born in Belgrade, Yugoslavia.
1958
Alfred Hitchcok's film Vertigo premiered in San Francisco.
1961
FCC Chairman Newton Minow calls TV 'A Vast Wasteland'.