Will Rogers (William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers) 1879 - Cowboy, vaudeville performer, actor
- 1846 - A patent for an artificial leg was granted to Benjamin Palmer.
- 1847 - Scottish obstetrician James Young Simpson discovered the anethestic qualities of chloroform.
- 1939 - At the 40th National Automobile Show the first air-conditioned car was put on display.
- 1956 - Soviet forces enter Hungary in order to suppress the uprising that had begun on October 23, 1956.
- 1979 - Iranian militants seized the U.S. embassy in Tehran and took 63 Americans hostage (90 total hostages). The militants, mostly students, demanded that the U.S. send the former shah back to Iran to stand trial. Many hostages were later released, but 52 were held for the next 14 months.
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