1653 – New Amsterdam, now known as New York City, was incorporated.
1709 Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe’s Robinson Crusoe, was rescued after four years alone on an island off the coast of Chile.
1863 – Samuel Langhorne Clemens used a pseudonym for the first time. He is better remembered by his pseudonym, Mark Twain.
1876 – The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed.
1887 – The beginning of groundhog day in Punxsutawney, PA.
1913 – Grand Central Terminal officially opened at 12:01 a.m. Even though construction was not entirely complete more than 150,000 people visited the new terminal on its opening day.
1963 – The Beatles began their first British tour supporting Helen Spapiro.
1977 – Christopher Jay George Kirkpatrick born
Chris, you share your birthday with:
James Joyce 1882–1941, Irish Novelist
Farrah Fawcett 1947, actor
Christie Brinkley 1954, model
Shakira 1977, singer/songwriter
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