1902  - 

Charles Lindbergh, the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic, is born.  

1939  - 

The first ever mass strike of indigenous Australians occurs as the Yorta Yorta people protest against their deplorable living conditions. 

1983  - 

Singer Karen Carpenter dies at age 32 from cardiac arrest, brought on by anorexia nervosa.

2004  - 

Social networking site Facebook is founded.