1870: The Vatican council declares papal infallibility to be a dogma of the Church
1918: Nelson Mandela is born
1929: Screamin’ Jay Hawkins is born [cookie] [man] [must-see vids: spell river]
1937: Hunter S. Thompson is born [audio: 1977]
1938: Douglas “Wrong Way” Corrigan lands in Ireland instead of California
1969: Senator Ted Kennedy gives Mary Jo Kopechne a lift home (Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts)
1984: Telling his wife, “I’m going to hunt humans,” James Oliver Huberty goes to a nearby McDonald’s