1966 - Lyndon B. Johnson states that the United States should stay in South Vietnam until Communist aggression there is ended.
1966 - Batman the TV series debuts on ABC.
Also: Tabitha born on 'Bewitched'
1737 - John Hancock, American statesman (d. 1793)
1876 - Jack London, American author (d. 1916)
1951 - Kirstie Alley, American actress
1960 - Oliver Platt, Canadian actor
1965 - Rob Zombie, American musician
1951 - Rush Limbaugh, American radio personality
1954 - Howard Stern, American radio host
Hermann Göring.
1899 - Hiram Walker, American distiller (b. 1816)
1976 - Agatha Christie, English writer (b. 1890)
1996 - Joachim Nitsche, German mathematician (b. 1926)