CDAY Almanac http://cday.sourceforge.net/cday.php Today in history, birthdays, holidays CDAY 1 Birthdays http://cday.sourceforge.net/cday.php Baruch Spinoza, philosopher<br> Father Junipero Serra, who had a mission in California.<br> Zachary Taylor, 12th President (1849-1850)<br> Bat Masterson<br> Henre de Toulouse-Lautrec, painter<br> Scott Joplin, entertainer<br> Scott Joplin<br> Dale Carnegie, author (How to Win Friends and Influence People)<br> William F. Buckley, Jr., right-wing curmudgeon General events http://cday.sourceforge.net/cday.php Destructive eruption of Vesuvius<br> Patent granted to Joseph Glidden for barbed wire.<br> first live murder on TV - Jack Ruby shoots Lee Harvey Oswald.<br> "D B Cooper" parachutes from a Northwest 727 with $200,000.<br> last U.S. servicemen leave the Philippines - the lease expired.