Woodrow Wilson 1856 - 28th U.S. President
- 1732 - "The Pennsylvania Gazette," owned by Benjamin Franklin, ran an ad for the first issue of "Poor Richard’s Almanack."
- 1836 - Mexico's independence was recognized by Spain.
- 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.
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