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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1964: Actor Matt Dillon, best known for movies such as "The Outsiders," "Drugstore Cowboy," "Singles," "There's Something About Mary," "Wild Things" and "Crash," is born in New Rochelle, N.Y.