Remarkable Missourians

President Coolidge presented Charles Lindbergh with the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Birthday of Uriel Sebree, in Fayette, Missouri. He served as Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Fleet, Arctic Explorer, Governor of American Samoa.

Josephine Baker returned to Missouri to do a charity performance. A crowd of 8,000 turned out to see her.

Novelist, playwright, and short story writer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin.

Birthday of humanitarian Dr. Thomas Dooley in St. Louis. He was a diligent medical pioneer in Southeast Asia and John F. Kennedy named Dooley as his inspiration for starting the Peace Corps.

Steve Fossett took off from Busch Stadium aboard his balloon "Solo Spirit" and set a world distance record when he landed in India.

Henry Dorman of Liberal celebrated his 114th birthday on this date in 1913.

Missourians Tom Benoist and Tony Jannus began the first scheduled passenger airline service in America.

Brad Pitt was born in Oklahoma. However, soon after his birth, his family moved to Springfield. He attended Kickapoo High School and went on to study journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia.

Innovator of animated cartoons, theme parks, and more, Walt Disney from Marceline and Kansas City was born on this day.