Jeb Bush 1953 - Governor of Florida, brother of U.S. President George W. Bush
- 1808 - Judge Jesse Fell experimented by burning anthracite coal to keep his house warm. He successfully showed how clean the coal burned and how cheaply it could be used as a heating fuel.
- 1812 - The term "gerrymandering" had its beginning when the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, signed a redistricting law that favored his party.
- 1943 - General Dwight David Eisenhower was selected to command the allied armies in Europe.
- 1945 - During World War II, the Yalta Agreement was signed by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin.
- 1958 - Ruth Carol Taylor was the first black woman to become a stewardess by making her initial flight.
- 1975 - Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to head a major party in Britain when she was elected leader of the Conservative Party.
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