Elvis, Tiger, Pink Floyd and Mickey Mantle. Good company.

1992

Tiger Woods, 16, becomes youngest PGA golfer in 35 years.

1967

Pink Floyd release their first single, “Arnold Layne.” Dude, if you play it and watch “Guys and Dolls” with the sound off, it totally lines up.

1963

Mickey Mantle signs a contract with the Yankees for 100,000 dollars. Which used to be a lot of money. Really. I swear.

1962

South-Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem’s palace is bombed, resulting in the first US casualty in the Vietnam War.

1956

Elvis Presley’s releases “Heartbreak Hotel.”

1879

Mmmm, aspartame. Saccharin is discovered.

1872

Charlotte Ray, the first African American woman to become a lawyer, graduates from Harvard.

1814

Ludwig van Beethoven’s 8th Symphony in F premieres. It’s no 9th symphony, Ludwig Van, but I guess it’s all right.

1813

The first federal vaccination legislation is enacted. Yeah vaccines! Boo viruses!

1813

Congress authorizes the use of steamboats to transport mail. Cool, right?

Mmm, cupcakes

1981

Musician/ inexplicable heartthrob Josh Groban

1980

Former first daughter/ Rhodes Scholar Chelsea Clinton

1968

Alias actor Michael Vartan

1807

By the Shores of Gitche Gumee: poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow