Nicolaus Copernicus (Mikolaj Kopernick) 1473 - Polish astronomer, known for the Copernican theory: the sun is the center of our universe
- 1856 - The tintype camera was patented by Professor Hamilton L. Smith.
- 1878 - Thomas Alva Edison patented a music player (the phonograph).
- 1942 - U.S. President Roosevelt signed an executive order giving the military the authority to relocate and intern Japanese-Americans.
- 1942 - Approximately 150 Japanese warplanes attacked the Australian city of Darwin.
- 1945 - During World War II, about 30,000 U.S. Marines landed on Iwo Jima.
- 1959 - Cyprus was granted its independence with the signing of an agreement with Britain, Turkey and Greece.
- 1981 - The U.S. State Department call El Savador a "textbook case" of a Communist plot.
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