Francisco Franco 1892
- 1783 - Gen. George Washington said farewell to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York.
- 1812 - Peter Gaillard patented the power mower.
- 1875 - William Marcy Tweed, the democrat "Boss" of New York City's Tammany Hall political organization, escaped from jail and fled from the U.S.
- 1943 - Baseball Commissioner Kenesaw Mountain Landis announced that any club was free to employ black players.
- 1991 - Pan American World Airways ceased operations.
- 1992 - U.S. President George H.W. Bush ordered American troops to lead a mercy mission to Somalia.
- 1997 - The National Basketball Association (NBA) suspended Latrell Sprewell of the Golden State Warriors for one year for choking and threatening to kill his coach, P.J. Carlesimo.
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