1877: Four members of the Molly Maguires are hanged at a Pennsylvania prison for the murder of two mine bosses
1905: Jean-Paul Sartre is born
1940: Smedley Butler dies [racket]
1944: Ray Davies is born [vids: sunset interview]
1957: Berke Breathed is born [interview]
1994: United Auto Workers begin a strike at Caterpillar plants in Peoria, Decatur, and Pontiac, Illinois
2001: John Lee Hooker dies [kingsnake]