Andrew Carnegie 1835, Carry Nation 1846, Joe DiMaggio (MLB) 1914
Ricardo Montalban 1920, Ben Stein 1944, Amy Grant 1960
1783 - During the Revolutionary War, the British evacuated New York. New York was their last military position in the U.S.
1850 - Texas relinquished one-third of its territory in exchange for $10 million from the U.S. to pay its public debts and settle border disputes.
1867 - Alfred Nobel patented dynamite.
1884 - J.B. Meyenberg received the patent for evaporated milk.
1957 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower suffered a stroke.
1976 - O.J. Simpson (Buffalo Bills) ran for 273 yards against the Detroit Lions.
1985 - Ronald W. Pelton was arrested on espionage charges. Pelton was a former employee of the National Security Agency. He was later convicted of 'selling secrets' to Soviet agents.
1986 - U.S. President Reagan and Attorney Gen. Edwin Meese revealed that profits from secret arms sales to Iran had been diverted to rebels in Nicaragua. National Security Advisor John Poindexter resigned and Oliver North was fired.
1992 - The Czech parliament voted to split the country into separate Czech and Slovak republics beginning January 1, 1993.
1998 - The IMF (International Monetary Fund) approved a $5.5 billion bailout for Pakistan.
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