Merle Haggard 1937 - Country musician, songwriter
- 1789 - The first U.S. Congress began regular sessions at the Federal Hall in New York City.
- 1830 - Relations between the Texans and Mexico reached a new low when Mexico would not allow further emigration into Texas by settlers from the U.S.
- 1896 - The first modern Olympic Games began in Athens, Greece.
- 1903 - French Army Nationalists were revealed for forging documents to guarantee a conviction for Alfred Dryfus.
- 1909 - Americans Robert Peary and Matthew Henson claimed to be the first men to reach the North Pole.
- 1916 - Charlie Chaplin became the highest-paid film star in the world when he signed a contract with Mutual Film Corporation for $675,000 a year. He was 26 years old.
- 1917 - The U.S. Congress approved a declaration of war on Germany and entered World War I on the Allied side.
- 1965 - U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized the use of ground troops in combat operations in Vietnam.
- 1987 - Dennis Levine began a two-year jail term for insider trading.
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