** George Gordon, Lord Haddo ( 1674-d. between 1694-1708 )

** George Gordon, Lord Haddo ( 1764 – 1791 )

** British businessman Greville Wynne, imprisoned in Moscow since 1963 for spying, is exchanged for Soviet spy Gordon Lonsdale.

** Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

** Gordon Gould invents the laser.

** Gordon Parks, African-American photographer and artist ( d. 2006 )

** Gordon Waller, Scottish singer, songwriter and guitarist ( Peter and Gordon ) ( d. 2009 )

** Gordon Burns, British journalist and TV presenter

** Sarah Brown, wife of British Prime Minister Gordon Brown

** John Gordon Mein, US Ambassador to Guatemala, is assassinated on the streets of Guatemala City.

** Gordon Moore, American computing entrepreneur and benefactor

** Kirtanananda Swami Bhaktipada ( Keith Gordon Ham ), Hare Krishna guru

** Gordon Banks, English footballer

** Gordon B. Hinckley, American religious leader ( d. 2008 )

** Gemini 11 ( Richard Gordon, Pete Conrad ) docks with an Agena target vehicle.

** Jeff Gordon, American race car driver

** Dale Gordon, English footballer

** The-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board ( an event immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot ).

** Indianapolis 500: In what Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson and Speedway public address announcer Tom Carnegie later call the greatest moment in the track's history, 1973 winner Gordon Johncock wins his second race over 1979 winner Rick Mears by 0. 16 seconds, the closest finish to that date, after Mears draws alongside Johncock with a lap remaining, after erasing a seemingly insurmountable advantage of more than 11 seconds in the final 10 laps.

** Gordon MacRae, American actor, singer ( b. 1921 )

** Gordon Jump, American television actor ( WKRP in Cincinnati ) ( d. 2003 )

** Gordon J.

** Gordon Liu, Chinese actor

** Elizabeth MacRae, American actress

** Clan MacRae, Scottish clan

** The Syntactic Organization of American Sign Language: A Synopsis (. pdf )

** Allison Iraheta ( born 1992 ), American Idol Season 8 contestant

** American Akita, a breed of dog possibly distinct from, but a derivative of, the Akita Inu

** British American Racing, a Formula One constructor

** M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, an American family of automatic rifles and light machine guns

** Online Bible at GospelHall. org ( ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English )

** Online Bible at GospelHall. org ( ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English )

** Online Bible at GospelHall. org ( ESV, KJV, Darby, American Standard Version, Bible in Basic English )

** Billy Ray Cyrus ( born 1961 ), American musician and actor

** Trace Cyrus ( born 1989 ), American musician ; ( former ) lead guitarist of Metro Station

** Miley Cyrus ( born 1992 ), American actress and singer

** Noah Cyrus ( born 2000 ), American actress

** Annalyn Cyrus ( born 1997 ), American actress

** Excerpts from My American Journey, TIME, September 18, 1995

** Booknotes interview with Powell on My American Journey, January 7, 1996.

** Amicus Brief on the Merits ( American Jewish Congress, American Jewish Committee, Anti-Defamation League, and Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America )

** Franklin Delano Roosevelt III ( b. 1938 ), American economist

** American rosefinches

** The Battle of Harpers Ferry ( September 12 – 15, 1862 ), a battle in the American Civil War that took place around what is now Harpers Ferry, West Virginia

** Petroleum spirit ( North American term: gasoline, British term: petrol )

** Java, American slang for coffee

** 2001 Best Hard Rock Performance for " American Bad Ass " ( Nominated )

** American Governor-General of the Philippines

** American Academy of Arts & Sciences, in Cambridge, Mass.