Frank Capra 1897 - Film director ("It's a Wonderful Life")
- 1652 - In Rhode Island, a law was passed that made slavery illegal in North America. It was the first law of its kind.
- 1792 - Russian troops invaded Poland.
- 1896 - The U.S. Supreme court upheld the "separate but equal" policy in the Plessy vs. Ferguson decision. The ruling was overturned 58 years later with Brown vs. Board of Education.
- 1953 - The first woman to fly faster than the speed of sound, Jacqueline Cochran, piloted an F-86 Sabrejet over California at an average speed of 652.337 miles-per-hour.
- 1980 - Mt. Saint Helens erupted in Washington state. 57 people were killed and 3 billion in damage was done.
- 1983 - The U.S. Senate revised immigration laws and gave millions of illegal aliens legal status under an amnesty program.
- 2012 - Facebook Inc. held its initial public offering and began trading on the NASDAQ. The company was valued at $104 billion making it the largest valuation to date for a newly listed public company.
- 2014 - Russian President Putin signed a bill to absorb Crimea into the Russian Federation.
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