1555: Thomas Haukes burns at the stake in Coggeshall, England for not baptizing his son
1692: Bridget Bishop is hanged in Salem; it is the first official execution of the Salem witch trials
1898: US Marines land at Guantánamo Bay
1910: Howlin’ Wolf is born
1928: Maurice Sendak is born [wild] [eek]
1970: 1,500 Isla Vistans peacefully assemble in Perfect Park to defy a curfew and to express their opposition to the brutal treatment of Isla Vista residents; police fire tear-gas cannisters into the crowd at point-blank range