Yakov Smirnoff 1951
- 1848 - James W. Marshall discovered a gold nugget at Sutter's Mill in northern California. The discovery led to the gold rush of '49.
- 1908 - In England, the first Boy Scout troop was organized by Robert Baden-Powell.
- 1922 - Christian K. Nelson patented the Eskimo Pie.
- 1965 - Winston Churchill died at the age of 90.
- 1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court struck down laws that denied welfare benefits to people who had resided in a state for less than a year.
- 1980 - The United States President Carter announced intentions to sell arms to China.
- 1986 - The Voyager 2 space probe flew past Uranus. The probe came within 50,679 miles of the seventh planet of the solar system.
- 1989 - Ted Bundy, the confessed serial killer, was put to death in Florida's electric chair for the 1978 kidnap-murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach.
- 1995 - The prosecution gave its opening statement at the O.J. Simpson murder trial.
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