William C. Westmoreland 1914 - U.S. Army general
- 1910 - The U.S. Congress passed an amendment to the 1907 Immigration Act that barred criminals, paupers, anarchists and carriers of disease from settling in the U.S.
- 1938 - Herman Goering warned all Jews to leave Austria.
- 1942 - The Germans began sending Jews to Auschwitz in Poland.
- 1969 - The TV movie "Marcus Welby" was seen on ABC-TV. It was later turned into a series.
- 1973 - Egyptian President Anwar Sadat took over the premiership and said "the stage of total confrontation (with Israel) has become inevitable."
- 1979 - The Camp David treaty was signed by Israel and Egypt that ended the 31-year state of war between the countries.
- 1982 - Ground breaking ceremonies were held in Washington, DC, for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
- 1989 - The first free elections took place in the Soviet Union. Boris Yeltsin was elected.
- 1997 - The 39 bodies of Heaven's Gate members are found in a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, CA. The group had committed suicide thinking that they would be picked up by a spaceship following behind the comet Hale-Bopp.
- 2000 - In Russia, acting President Vladimir Putin was elected president outright. He won a sufficient number of votes to avoid a runoff election.
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