Lena Horne 1917 - Jazz singer
- 1894 - Korea declared independence from China and asked for Japanese aid.
- 1908 - A meteor explosion in Siberia knocked down trees in a 40-mile radius and struck people unconscious some 40 miles away.
- 1913 - Fighting broke out between Bulgaria and Greece and Serbia. It was the beginning of the Second Balkan War.
- 1934 - Adolf Hitler purged the Nazi Party by destroying the SA and bringing to power the SS in the "Night of the Long Knives."
- 1936 - Margaret Mitchell’s book, "Gone with the Wind," was published.
- 1953 - The first Corvette rolled off the Chevrolet assembly line in Flint, MI. It sold for $3,250.
- 1971 - The Soviet spacecraft Soyuz 11 returned to Earth. The three cosmonauts were found dead inside.
- 1977 - U.S. President Jimmy Carter (D) announced his opposition to the B-1 bomber.
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