Saturday, June 9, 2012
[1781 - George Stephenson, steam locomotive inventor, born in Wylam,
Northumberland, England]
[1891 - Cole (Albert) Porter, composer, lyricist, born in Peru, Indiana]
[1900 - Fredrick Malcolm 'Fred' Waring, musician, conductor, inventor, born in Tyrone, Pennsylvania]
[1915 - Les Paul (Lester William Polsfuss), guitarist, inventor, born in Waukesha Wisconsin]
[1916 - Robert Strange McNamara, Secretary of Defense, president of World Bank, born in San Francisco]
[1922 - George Axelrod, playwright, screenwriter, director, born in New York City]
[1959 - USS George Washington (SSBN-598), first nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine, is launched]