James Doolittle 1896 - Aviator, World War II hero
- 1798 - David Wilkinson of Rhode Island patented the nut and bolt machine.
- 1799 - The first president of the United States, George Washington, died at the age 67.
- 1911 - Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole. He reached the destination 35 days ahead of Captain Robert F. Scott.
- 1988 - The first transatlantic underwater fiber-optic cable went into service.
- 2013 - The Chinese spacecraft Chang'e 3 became the first spacecraft to "soft"-land on the Moon since 1976. It was only the third robotic rover to land on the moon.
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