** Nazarov was Dictator of the Don Republic ( which before, since its founding on 2 December 1917 at Novocherkassk, had been governed by a Triumvirate including the last pre-Soviet Ataman, Aleksei Maksimovich Kaledin ) from 11 February 1918 till 25 February 1918 when Bolshevik troops ended their existence

** The Vision of Don Roderick by Walter Scott ( 1811 )

** Don Juan by Lord Byron ( 1824 )

** Don Cossack Host

** Index of Math Puzzles, by Don Knuth

** Don Cheadle, American actor

** Don Dunstan, Australian politician ( b. 1926 )

** Don Pardo, American TV announcer ( Saturday Night Live )

** Don Herbert, American television personality ( Mr. Wizard ) ( d. 2007 )

** Don Drysdale, American baseball player ( b. 1936 )

** Don DeFore, American actor ( b. 1917 )

** In New York, the Warner Brothers ' Vitaphone system premieres with the movie Don Juan starring John Barrymore.

** Don Rickles, American comedian and actor

** Don Fernando, director and actor of pornographic films

** Don Brewer, American drummer ( Grand Funk Railroad )

** Don Francisco, American Christian musician

** Don Powell, English rock drummer ( Slade )

** Don Wakamatsu, American baseball player

** Don C. Harvey, American television and film actor, cardiac arrest ( b. 1911 )

** Don Mattingly, American baseball player

** Bob Marley and his manager Don Taylor are shot in an assassination attempt in Kingston, Jamaica.

** Don Bolles, American newspaper reporter ( assassinated ) ( b. 1928 )

** Jacques Piccard and Don Walsh descend into the Mariana Trench in the bathyscaphe Trieste, reaching the depth of 10, 911 meters ( 35, 797 feet ) and become the first human beings to reach the lowest spot on Earth.

** Don Ralke, American music arranger ( d. 2000 )

** Don Everly, American rock ' n ' roll musician

** Gordon-Reed, Annette speaking on CSPAN Booktv Andrew Johnson

** Andrew Johnson, Democrat / National Union, was impeached in 1868 after violating the then-newly created Tenure of Office Act.

** U. S. President Lyndon Johnson in New York, and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in Moscow, simultaneously announce plans to cut back production of materials for making nuclear weapons.

** United States presidential election, 1964: Incumbent President Lyndon B. Johnson defeats Republican challenger Barry Goldwater with over 60 percent of the popular vote.

** Vietnam War: United States National Security Council members, including Robert McNamara, Dean Rusk, and Maxwell Taylor, agree to recommend a plan for a 2-stage escalation of bombing in North Vietnam, to President Lyndon B. Johnson.

** Vietnam War: U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson and his top-ranking advisers meet to discuss plans to bomb North Vietnam ( after some debate, they agree on a 2-phase bombing plan ).

** Kate Lang Johnson, American actress and model

** John H. Johnson, American publisher ( d. 2005 )

** Patrick Johnson, American actor

** Lyndon Johnson, President of the United States ( d. 1973 )

** Richard Milhous Nixon succeeds Lyndon Baines Johnson as the 37th President of the United States of America.

** John H. Johnson publishes the first issue of the magazine Ebony.

** James A. Johnson ( businessman ), American business leader and philanthropist

** Walter Johnson, American baseball player ( b. 1887 )

** First Liberian Civil War: Liberian president Samuel Doe is captured by rebel leader Prince Johnson and killed in a filmed execution.

** Ben Johnson, American actor ( b. 1918 )

** John F. Kennedy assassination: In Dallas, Texas, United States President John F. Kennedy is assassinated, Texas Governor John B. Connally is seriously wounded, and Vice President Lyndon Baines Johnson becomes the 36th President.

** Vietnam War: New U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson confirms that the United States intends to continue supporting South Vietnam militarily and economically.

** U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson establishes the Warren Commission to investigate the assassination of President Kennedy.

** U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson edges out antiwar candidate Eugene J. McCarthy in the New Hampshire Democratic primary, a vote which highlights the deep divisions in the country, and the party, over Vietnam.

** U. S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1968.

** Ben Johnson, Canadian athlete

** Magic Johnson, American basketball player

** Shawn Johnson, American Olympic gymnast

** Christopher Johnson McCandless, American itinerant and hiker, Starvation ( b. 1968 )