Chet Huntley 1911
- 1845 - British civil engineer Robert Thompson patented the first pneumatic tires.
- 1851 - American librarian Melvil Dewey was born. He created the "Dewey Decimal Classification" system.
- 1898 - A treaty was signed in Paris that officially ended the Spanish-American War. Also, Cuba became independent of Spain.
- 1958 - The first domestic passenger jet flight took place in the U.S. when 111 passengers flew from New York to Miami on a National Airlines Boeing 707.
- 1964 - In Oslo, Norway, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize. He was the youngest person to receive the award.
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