1949 – The Hale Telescope at Palomar Observatory sees first light under the direction of Edwin Hubble, becoming the largest aperture optical telescope (up to BTA-6 was built in 1976).

1998 – On American television, the American president bill clinton denies having had “sex” with former White House internal Monica Lewinsky.

2020 – A Sikorsky S-76B steal from John Wayne Airport at Camarillo Airport accidents in calabasas, 30 miles west of Los Angeles, killing all nine people on board, including the former quintuple NBA champion Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna Bryant.

183 – Lady Zhen, woman of Caopi (died 221)

1880 – Douglas MacArthur, American general, Medal of Honor recipient (died 1964)

1892 – Bessie Coleman, American pilot (died 1926)

1900 – Karl Ristenpart, German conductor (died 1967)

1905 – Mary of Trapp, Austrian-American singer (died 1987)

1908 – Stephane Grappelli, French violinist (died in 1997)

1918 – Philippe Jose Farmer, American author (died 2009)

1921 – Akio Morita, Japanese businessman, co-founder sony (died 1999)

1928 – Roger Vadim, French actor and director (died in 2000)

1929 – Jules Feiffer, cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter and educator

1934 – Huey “Piano” Smith, American pianist and songwriter

1944 – Angela Davis, American activist, scholar and author

[1945[1945 – Jacqueline du Pre, English cellist (died 1987)

1946 – Gene Siskel, American film journalist and critic (died 1999)

1949 – David Strathairn, American actor

1953 – Lucinda Williams, American singer-songwriter and guitarist

1955 – Eddie Van Halen, Dutch-American guitarist, songwriter and producer (died 2020)

1958 – Anita Boulanger, American singer-songwriter

1958 – Ellen Degeneres, American comedian, actress and talk show host

1961 – Wayne Gretzky, Canadian ice hockey player and coach

1970 – kirk franklin, American singer-songwriter and producer

2009 – The Suleman Octuplets: Noah, Maliyah, Isiah, Nariyah, Jonas, Makai, Josiah and Jérémie Solomon