On this date in history:

(2013) American baseball player Stan Musial, who was one of the game’s greatest hitters, died at age 92. (2000) Austrian-born actress Hedy Lamarr, who was often typecast as a provocative femme fatale and later achieved recognition as a noted inventor of a radio communications device, died in Florida. (1977) U.S. President Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Toguri D’Aquino (Tokyo Rose), a Japanese-American broadcaster from Japan to U.S. troops during World War II, who, after the war, was convicted of  treason and served six years in a U.S. prison; mitigating information later raised questions about her guilt. (1966) Following the sudden death of Indian Premier Lal Bahadur Shastri eight days earlier, Indira Gandhi became prime minister of India on this day in 1966, assuming the office first held by her father,  Jawaharlal Nehru. (1955) U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower held the first-ever televised presidential press conference. (1946) American country music singer, guitarist, and actress Dolly Parton, who was best known for pioneering the interface between country and pop music styles, was born. (1943) American singer Janis Joplin, who was known for her fierce and uninhibited musical style, was born. (1853) Giuseppe Verdi‘s opera Il trovatore premiered in Rome. (1809) Edgar Allan Poe, an American short-story writer, poet, critic, and editor famous for his cultivation of mystery and the macabre, was born. (1807) Confederate General Robert E. Lee was born in Stratford, Virginia.