Historical Events
1818
Illinois becomes the 21st US state.
1833
Oberlin College opens as the first US college to accept both male and female students.
1892
The first professional basketball game is played in the US.
1967
Dr. Christiaan Barnard performs the world's first human heart transplant in Cape Town.
1984
The Bhopal disaster: a Union Carbide plant leaks gas in India, killing 2,000-3,700 people.
Famous Birthdays
1755
Gilbert Stuart
American painter known for his portrait of George Washington on the dollar bill.
1857
Joseph Conrad
Polish-British novelist known for Heart of Darkness and Lord Jim.
1895
Anna Freud
Austrian-British psychoanalyst who founded child psychoanalysis.
1930
Jean-Luc Godard
Swiss-French filmmaker and co-founder of the French New Wave.
1960
Julianne Moore
American actress who won the Academy Award for Still Alice.
