1920 P.D. James – Oxford-born British author who created the detectives Adam Dalgliesh and Cordelia Gray (A Mind to Murder, The Black Tower, An Unsuitable Job for a Woman, Devices and Desires) She didn’t start writing until she was in her forties

I used to watch some of these when they were shown on the local PBS station in SoCal. I really enjoyed them.

1981 13-thousand US air traffic controllers went on strike, despite a warning from President Reagan that they would be fired if they did not return to work

I was never a fan of Reagan because of some of the things he did in California when he was governor, but I applauded him for what he did here.