On this day in...

On this day in...
1865 – In the market square of Springfield, Missouri, Wild Bill Hickok shoots and kills Davis Tutt in what is regarded as the first true western showdown.
1873 – At Adair, Iowa, Jesse James and the James-Younger gang pull off the first successful train robbery in the American Old West.
1944 – World War II: Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg and fellow conspirators are executed in Berlin, Germany for the July 20 plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.
1959 – Elijah Jerry "Pumpsie" Green becomes the first African-American to play for the Boston Red Sox, the last team to integrate.
1969 – Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon, during the Apollo 11 mission.
1983 – The world's lowest temperature is recorded at Vostok Station, Antarctica at −89.2°C (−129°F).

Births
1899 – Ernest Hemingway, American writer, Nobel laureate (d. 1961)
1924 – Don Knotts, American actor (d. 2006)
1938 – Janet Reno, 79th United States Attorney General
1946 – Kenneth Starr, American lawyer
1948 – Cat Stevens (Yusuf Islam), English singer/songwriter
1951 – Robin Williams, American comedian/actor
1957 – Jon Lovitz, American comedian
1973 – Ali Landry, American model and actress
1979 – David Carr, American football player
1980 – CC Sabathia, American baseball player
1983 – Kellen Winslow II, American football player
1989 – Rory Culkin, American actor

Lots of worthy birthdays today but I've got to go with Don Knotts aka Mr. Furley from 'Three's Company.'