450th birth anniversary of William Shakespeare (1564-1616).
Miguel de Cervantes: Death Anniversary (1616)
James Buchanan, 15th President of the US: Birth Anniversary (1791-1868).
Birth anniversary of Shirley Temple Black (1928-2014)
Happy Birthday! Valerie Bertinelli, Joyce Dewitt, Lee Majors
1500 - Pedro Cabal claimed Brazil for Portugal.
1900 - The word "hillbilly" was first used in print in an article in the "New York Journal." It was spelled "Hill-Billie".
1950 - Chaing evacuated Hainan, leaving mainland China to Mao and the communists.
1985 - The Coca-Cola Company announced that it was changing its 99-year-old secret formula. New Coke was not successful, which resulted in the resumption of selling the original version.
1988 - A U.S. federal law took effect that banned smoking on flights that were under two hours.
1997 - An infertility doctor in California announced that a 63-year-old woman had given birth in late 1996. The child was from a donor egg. The woman is the oldest known woman to give birth.
2004 - U.S. President George W. Bush eased sanctions against Libya in return for Moammar Gadhafi's agreement to give up weapons of mass destruction.
2005 - The first video was uploaded to YouTube.com.
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