1936 - Michael Landon - Actor, writer and producer who was a mainstay on American television for some 30 years in shows like "Bonanza", "Little House on the Prairie" and others.
1912 - Dale Evans - American singer and female partner in the great husband and wife western movie team of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans.
1795 - John Keats - English Romantic poet who known for his expression of philosophy through legend in poems such as "Ode to a Grecian Urn."
Other notable events
on this day in history:
1956 - Adventurer John Dufek and the crew of the "Que Sera Sera" made the first successful airplane landing at the South Pole.
1864 - Nevada became the 36th state admitted to the Union.