Elizabeth Drew 1935 - Journalist
- 1871 - The National Rifle Association of America (NRA) was first chartered in the State of New York.
- 1915 - Coca-Cola had its prototype for a contoured bottle patented. The bottle made its commercial debut the next year.
- 1952 - In the Peanuts comic strip, Lucy first held a football for Charlie Brown.
- 1973 - U.S. President Nixon signed the Alaska Pipeline measure into law.
- 1981 - A vaccine for hepatitis B was approved. The vaccine had been developed at Merck Institute for Therapeutic Research.
- 1997 - China released Wei Jingsheng, a pro-democracy dissident from jail for medical reasons. He had been incarcerated for almost 18 years.
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