1947

President Harry S. Truman delivered the first televised White House address as he spoke on the world food crisis.

1958

Racially desegregated Clinton High School in Clinton, Tennessee, was nearly leveled by an early morning bombing.

1986

Nicaraguan Sandinista government soldiers shot down a cargo plane carrying weapons and ammunition bound for Contra rebels; the event exposed a web of illegal arms shipments, leading to the Iran-Contra Scandal.

1989

A jury in Charlotte, North Carolina, convicted evangelist Jim Bakker of using his television show to defraud followers. Initially sentenced to 45 years in prison, Bakker was freed in December 1994 after serving 4 1/2 years.

2011

Steve Jobs, the Apple founder and former chief executive who invented and master-marketed ever-sleeker gadgets that transformed everyday technology, died in Palo Alto, California, at age 56.

Birthdays

College Football Hall of Fame coach Barry Switzer is 88. Rock musician Steve Miller is 82. Rock singer Brian Johnson (AC/DC) is 78. Astrophysicist-author Neil deGrasse Tyson is 67. Architect-designer Maya Lin is 66. Hockey Hall of Famer Mario Lemieux is 60. Actor Guy Pearce is 58. NFL tight end Travis Kelce is 36.