Al Jolson 1886, John Wayne 1907, Jay Silverheels 1919
Peggy Lee 1920, James Arness 1923 - Actor ("Gunsmoke"), Sally K. Ride 1951 - Astronaut
1521 - Martin Luther was banned by the Edict of Worms because of his religious beliefs and writings.
1868 - U.S. President Andrew Johnson was acquitted, by one vote, of all charges in his impeachment trial.
1908 - In Persia, the first oil strike was made in the Middle East.
1938 - The House Committee on Un-American Activities began its work of searching for subversives in the United States.
1940 - The evacuation of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France, began during World War II.
1946 - British Prime Minister Winston Churchill signed a military pact with Russian leader Joseph Stalin. Stalin promised a "close collaboration after the war."
1959 - The word "Frisbee" became a registered trademark of Wham-O.
1972 - The Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT I) was signed by the U.S. and USSR. The short-term agreement put a freeze on the testing and deployment of intercontinental and submarine-launched ballistic missiles for a 5-year period.
1994 - U.S. President Clinton renewed trade privileges for China, and announced that his administration would no longer link China's trade status with its human rights record.
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