Jefferson Davis becomes the president of the Confederacy, Pluto is discovered, a cow flies, the first Church of Scientology is formed, the Chicago Seven are found not guilty, and Dale Earnhardt dies at the Daytona 500, all on this day.
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1957: Game show presenter Vanna White, best known as the hostess of "Wheel of Fortune," is born in Conway, S.C.