Jerry Leventer

This Day In History:

1912: British explorer Robert Falcon Scott arrived at the South Pole only to find that Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen had been there a month earlier.

1896: The X-ray machine was first exhibited.

1778: James Cook became the first known European to discover the Hawaiian Islands, which he named the “Sandwich Islands.”

Happy Birthday:

Actor/Director Kevin Costner (1955)
Inventor Ray Dolby (noise reduction) (1933)
Actor Cary Grant (1904-1986)
Comic Actor Oliver Hardy (of Laurel & Hardy) (1892-1957)
Author A. A. Milne (Winnie The Poo) (1882-1956)
Alexander Graham Bell’s Partner, Thomas Watson (1854-1934)
American Statesman Daniel Webster (1782-1852)

[tags]History, Birthdays, Famous People[/tags]