** Jane Wyman, American actress, philanthropist, and first wife of Ronald Reagan ( Falcon Crest ) ( d. 2007 )

** Ronald Baecker, American computer scientist

** Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian ( d. 1989 )

** Ronald Golias, Brazilian comedian and actor ( d. 2005 )

** Ronald Verlin Cassill, American novelist, short story writer, editor, painter, and lithographer ( d. 2002 )

** A Red Army Faction bomb explodes in the Campbell Barracks of the U. S. Army Supreme European Command in Heidelberg, West Germany ; 3 U. S. soldiers ( Clyde Bonner, Ronald Woodard and Charles Peck ) are killed.

** Apollo 17 ( Gene Cernan, Ronald Evans, Harrison Schmitt ), the last manned Moon mission to date, is launched.

** Ronald Cheng, Hong Kong singer and actor

** Ronald Runaldo Venetiaan, President of Suriname

** Ronald Searle, British cartoonist ( d. 2011 )

** John Ronald Reuel Tolkien marries Edith Bratt ( they would serve as the inspiration for the fictional characters Lúthien and Beren ).

** Ronald Coase, British economist, Nobel laureate

** Actor Ronald Reagan, is elected Governor of California.

** Ronald Allen, English actor ( b. 1930 )

** Ronald George Wreyford Norrish, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate ( d. 1978 )

** Democrats sweep the U. S. Congressional midterm elections ; Ronald Reagan is reelected governor of California ; Jimmy Carter is elected governor of Georgia.

** Former California Governor Ronald Reagan enters the race for the Republican presidential nomination, challenging incumbent President Gerald Ford.

** President Ronald Reagan becomes the first American chief executive to address a joint session of the British Parliament.

** U. S. President Ronald Reagan nominates former Solicitor General Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.

** On a vote of 58 – 42, the United States Senate rejects President Ronald Reagan's nomination of Robert Bork to the Supreme Court.

** Iran-Contra affair: U. S. Senate and House panels release reports charging President Ronald Reagan with ' ultimate responsibility ' for the affair.

** The Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty is signed in Washington, D. C. by U. S. President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

** Ronald McNair, American astronaut ( b. 1950 )

** Ronald Syme, New Zealand-born classicist and historian ( b. 1903 )

** Ronald Kray, British gangster ( d. 1995 )

** Country Joe McDonald, American musician

** Alan McDonald, Northern Irish footballer

** Francis McDonald, American actor ( b. 1891 )

** Kevin McDonald, Canadian comedian and actor

** McDonald County R-I High School ( 09-12 )-Anderson

** Kenny Loggins & Michael McDonald ( songwriters ) for " What a Fool Believes " performed by The Doobie Brothers

** Michael McDonald ( arranger ) for " What a Fool Believes " performed by The Doobie Brothers

** James Ingram & Michael McDonald for " Yah Mo B There "

** James Ingram, Michael McDonald, Rod Temperton and Quincy Jones for " Yah Mo B There "

** James Ingram & Michael McDonald for " Yah Mo B There "

** Geoff E. Emerick & Philip McDonald ( engineers ) for Abbey Road performed by The Beatles

** Robert Emmett McDonald ;

** Terry MacDonald ( now Mac McDonald ) ( 1968 )

** James Conlon ( conductor ); Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald ; Fred Vogler ( producer ); Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle ; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra ; Los Angeles Opera Chorus for Kurt Weill: Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny

** James Conlon ( conductor ); Anthony Dean Griffey, Patti LuPone & Audra McDonald ; Fred Vogler ( producer ); Donnie Ray Albert, John Easterlin, Steven Humes, Mel Ulrich & Robert Wörle ; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra ; Los Angeles Opera Chorus for Kurt Weill: Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny

** Michael McDonald for " What a Fool Believes " performed by The Doobie Brothers

** A song about Richard Nixon by Country Joe McDonald

** Geoff Emerick & Phil McDonald ( engineers ) for Abbey Road performed by The Beatles

** McDonald, John, Secrets of the Great Whiskey Ring, Chicago, 1880.