Birthplace of

Roy A. Childs, Jr., in Buffalo, on 4 Jan 1949
Thomas McIntyre Cooley, in Attica, on 6 Jan 1824
Mel Gibson, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, in Peekskill, on 3 Jan 1956
Roger Lea MacBride, in New Rochelle, on 6 Aug 1927
George Phillies, in Buffalo, on 23 Jul 1947
Justin Raimondo, Dennis Raimondo, on 18 Nov 1951
Louis Rossetto, in Long Island, on 1949
Mark Thornton, in Geneva, on 7 Jun 1960
Martin Van Buren, in Kinderhook, on 5 Dec 1782

Events of Interest

Statue of Liberty, unveiled, in New York Harbor, on 28 Oct 1886

Deathplace of

John Chamberlain, on 9 Apr 1995
Ulysses S. Grant, in Mount McGregor, on 23 Jul 1885
John Jay, in Bedford, Westchester County, on 17 May 1829
Martin Van Buren, in Kinderhook, on 24 Jul 1862

Measures of Freedom

Freedom in the 50 States: Index of Personal and Economic Freedom
February 2009: Overall rank: 50, Overall freedom index: -0.784
LP State-by-State Membership Numbers, Libertarian Party News, Apr 2004
31 Dec 2003: Number of Members: 647, Density per Million Pop.: 34
LP State-by-State Membership Numbers, Libertarian Party News, Apr 2005
31 Dec 2004: Number of Members: 814
LP State-by-State Membership Numbers, Libertarian Party News, Apr 2006
31 Dec 2005: Number of Members: 635