Today in History

From wikipedia.org:

Events
1926 - The children's book Winnie-the-Pooh, by A.A. Milne, is published for the first time
1947 - Chuck Yeager flies a Bell X-1 faster than the speed of sound, the first man to do so in level flight
1960 - US presidential candidate John F. Kennedy first suggests the idea for the Peace Corps
1964 - American civil rights movement leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr becomes the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.
1966 - The city of Montreal inaugurates its metro system (see Montreal Metro)

Births
1630 - Sophia of Hanover
1633 - James II of England and VII of Scotland
1644 - William Penn, English founder of Pennsylvania (d. 1718)
1882 - Eamon de Valera, Irish politician and patriot (d. 1975)
1890 - Dwight D. Eisenhower, US General of the Army, 34th president of the United States (d. 1969)
1894 - E. E. Cummings, American poet (d. 1962)
1910 - John Wooden, basketball coach
1911 - Le Duc Tho, Nobel Peace Prize recipient (d. 1990)

Deaths
1066 - Harold Godwinson, king of England
1959 - Errol Flynn, Australian actor
1977 - Bing Crosby, American singer, actor
1990 - Leonard Bernstein, American composer, conductor
2003 - Patrick Dalzel-Job, inspiration for Ian Fleming's James Bond