William Saroyan 1908
- 1887 - The kinetoscope was patented by Thomas Edison. The device was used to produce moving pictures.
- 1920 - The first news program to be broadcast on radio was aired. The station was 8MK in Detroit, MI.
- 1920 - John Lloyd Wright was issued a patent for "Toy-Cabin Construction," which are known as Lincoln Logs. (U.S. patent 1,351,086)
- 1935 - The act of exporting U.S. arms to belligerents was prohibited by an act signed by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt.
- 1964 - California officially became the most populated state in America.
- 1994 - A cease-fire was declared by the Irish Republican Army after 25 years of bloodshed in Northern Ireland.
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