Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 28th U.S. President, John Molson 1763 - Beer brewer, founder of Molson Beer, Cliff Arquette (Charley Weaver) 1905 - Actor (The RCA Victor Show, Hollywood Squares), grandfatehr of actress Roseanna Arquette
Martin Milner 1927 - Actor (Route 66, Adam 12, Columbo), Edgar Winter 1946 - Musician (Edgar Winter’s White Trash), Denzel Washington 1954 - Actor (Glory, Malcolm X, The Hurricane)
1832 - John C. Calhoun became the first vice president of the United States to resign, stepping down over differences with President Jackson.
1869 - William E. Semple, of Mt. Vernon, OH, patented an acceptable chewing gum.
1937 - The Irish Free State became the Republic of Ireland when a new constitution established the country as a sovereign state under the name of Eire.
1945 - The U.S. Congress officially recognized the "Pledge of Allegiance."
1956 - After five years on television, the last "Ding Dong School" was aired on NBC-TV.
1973 - The Chamber of Commerce of Akron, OH, terminated its association with the All-American Soap Box Derby. It was stated that the race had become "a victim of cheating and fraud."
1973 - Alexander Solzhenitsyn published "Gulag Archipelago," an expose of the Soviet prison system.
1981 - Elizabeth Jordan Carr, the first American test-tube baby, was born in Norfolk, VA.
1989 - Alexander Dubcek, who had been expelled from the Communist Party in 1970, was elected speaker of the Czech parliament.
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