On this day in 1978, Double Eagle II became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean. In 1970, Venera 7 (the first spacecraft to successfully transmit data from the surface of another planet) was launched. In 1959, Quake Lake was formed in Montana by a 7.5 rated earthquake. In 1807, Robert Fulton's first American steamboat left New York City, inaugurating the world's first commercial steamboat service. And in 1717, pioneer Daniel Boone's grandfather George set sail from England to America. Happy Birthday Sean Penn (1960), Belinda Carlisle (1958), Robert De Niro (1943), Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1914), Mae West (1893), Samuel Goldwyn (1882) and Davy Crockett (1786). RIP Pearl Bailey (d. 1990), Franklin Delano Roosevelt Jr. (1988), Ira Gershwin (1983) and Vivian Vance (1979). "Spare no expense to save money on this one." - Samuel Goldwyn