* 1934 – Jerry Lordan, English singer-songwriter and composer ( d. 1995 )

* 2012 – Jerry Lynch, American baseball player ( b. 1930 )

* 1942 – Jerry Garcia, American singer-songwriter and guitarist ( Grateful Dead, Legion of Mary, Reconstruction, Old and in the Way, and New Riders of the Purple Sage ) ( d. 1995 )

* 1933 – Jerry Pournelle, American author and journalist

* 1930 – Jerry Tarkanian, American basketball coach

* 1945 – Jerry DaVanon, American baseball player

* 1957 – Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey

* 1933 – Jerry Falwell, American pastor and evangelist ( d. 2007 )

* 1959 – Jerry Only, American singer and musician ( The Misfits, Osaka Popstar, and Kryst The Conqueror )

* 1933 – Jerry Leiber, American songwriter and producer ( d. 2011 )

* 1938 – Jerry Brown, American politician

In 2009, the Panthers finished with an 8 – 8 record, before finishing 2010 with a record of 2 – 14 ; following the 2010 season, Jerry Richardson decided not to re-sign John Fox, whose contract had expired.

* Jerry Colonna – Well-known venture capitalist and entrepreneur coach

* Jerry Seinfeld – actor and comedian

* Tom and Jerry ( cartoon shorts, 1963 – 1967 )

* 1971 Best Country Instrumental Performance – Me and Jerry

* 1928 – Jerry Wallace, American singer ( d. 2008 )

* 1939 – Jerry " The Iceman " Butler, American soul singer

* 1957 – Jerry Gaskill, American musician ( King's X )

* Jihad Jerry & the Evildoers – solo project of Devo's bassist, Gerald Casale.

* 1956 – Jerry Fry, American baseball player

* 1949 – Jerry Harrison, American musician ( Talking Heads and The Modern Lovers )

* 1944 – Jerry Springer, American television host

* 1981 – Jerry Owens, American baseball player

Jerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. ( August 11, 1933 – May 15, 2007 ) was an American evangelical fundamentalist Southern Baptist pastor, televangelist, and a conservative political commentator.

In February 1999, an unsigned article that media outlets attributed to Falwell was published in the National Liberty Journal – a promotional publication of the university he founded – claimed that the Teletubby named Tinky Winky was intended as a gay role model.

* 1987 – Televangelist Jim Bakker resigns as head of the PTL Club due to a brewing sex scandal ; he hands over control to Jerry Falwell.

* February 24 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell: The Supreme Court of the United States sides with Hustler magazine by overturning a lower court decision to award Jerry Falwell $ 200, 000 for defamation.

* December 2 – Hustler Magazine v. Falwell is argued before the U. S. Supreme Court.

* August 11 – Jerry Falwell, American evangelist and conservative political activist ( d. 2007 )

* Jerry Falwell ( 1933 – 2007 ), senior pastor of Thomas Road Baptist Church and founder of the Moral Majority

Falwell ’ s decision highlighted the rivalry between Falwell and Robertson as televangelists but also revealed the deep-seated tension that still persisted between competing evangelical traditions – Falwell ’ s fundamentalist tradition was at odds with Robertson ’ s charismatic tradition.

On March 2, 1957, the Camden attorney Maud Robinson Crawford ( born 1891 ) disappeared from the house that she shared with her husband, Clyde Falwell Crawford ( 1894 – 1969 ).

Hustler Magazine, Inc. v. Falwell,, was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held, in a unanimous 8 – 0 decision ( Justice Anthony Kennedy took no part in the consideration or decision of the case ), that the First Amendment's free-speech guarantee prohibits awarding damages to public figures to compensate for emotional distress intentionally inflicted upon them.

* Jerry Falwell ( 1933 – 2007 )

* 1934 – The strongest surface wind gust in the world at 231 mph, is measured on the summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire.

* 1990 – Jim Gary's " Twentieth Century Dinosaurs " exhibition opens at the Smithsonian Institution National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D. C.

* 1789 – On the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York City, George Washington takes the oath of office to become the first elected President of the United States.

* 1894 – Coxey's Army reaches Washington, D. C. to protest the unemployment caused by the Panic of 1893.

* 1776 – The Battle of Long Island: in what is now Brooklyn, New York, British forces under General William Howe defeat Americans under General George Washington.

* 1754 – Pierre Charles L ' Enfant, French-American architect and engineer, planner of Washington, D. C. ( d. 1825 )

* 1963 – Isaiah Washington, American actor

* 1958 – Final run of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's Royal Blue from Washington, D. C., to New York City after 68 years, the first U. S. passenger train to use electric locomotives.

* 1782 – George Washington orders the creation of the Badge of Military Merit to honor soldiers wounded in battle.

* 1794 – U. S. President George Washington invokes the Militia Acts of 1792 to suppress the Whiskey Rebellion in western Pennsylvania.

* 1981 – The Washington Star ceases all operations after 128 years of publication.

* 1907 – Pike Place Market, a popular tourist destination and registered historic district in Seattle, Washington, opened.

* 1943 – The Jefferson Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D. C., on the 200th anniversary of Thomas Jefferson's birth.

The state legislature had passed resolutions instructing their representatives in Washington to support pro-slavery and popular sovereignty measures such as the LeCompton Constitution and the Kansas – Nebraska Act.

* 1814 – British troops invade Washington, D. C. and during the Burning of Washington the White House is set ablaze, though not burned to the ground ; as well as several other buildings.

* 1963 – March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom: Martin Luther King, Jr. gives his I Have a Dream speech

* 1963 – The Evergreen Point Bridge, the longest floating bridge in the world, opens between Seattle and Medina, Washington, US.

* 1869 – The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway.

* 1924 – Dinah Washington, American singer ( d. 1963 )

The largest population clusters of North America ( the Boston – Washington, San Francisco-San Diego, Chicago – Pittsburgh, and Quebec City – Windsor Corridors ) are all thousands of kilometers away from Alberta.

* 1890 – The Pan-American Union is founded by the First International Conference of American States in Washington, D. C.

Transportation includes the Astoria Regional Airport with U. S. Route 30 and U. S. Route 101 as the main highways, and the Astoria – Megler Bridge connecting to neighboring Washington across the river.