Edwin Meese III 1931 - Attorney general in the U.S.
- 1823 - U.S. President James Monroe outlined his doctrine opposing European expansion in the Western Hemisphere.
- 1927 - The Ford Motor Company unveiled the Model A automobile. It was the successor to the Model T.
- 1942 - A self-sustaining nuclear chain reaction was demonstrated by Dr. Enrico Fermi and his staff at the University of Chicago.
- 1961 - Cuban leader Fidel Castro declared in a nationally broadcast speech that he was a Marxist-Leninist and that he was going to lead Cuba to communism.
- 1990 - The Midwest section of the U.S. prepared for a massive earthquake predicted by Iben Browning. The earthquakes did not occur.
- 1998 - Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates donated $100 million to help immunize children in developing countries.
- 2001 - Enron Corp. filed for Chapter 11 reorganization. The filing came five days after Dynegy walked away from a $8.4 billion buyout. It was the largest bankruptcy in U.S. history.
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Thanks Jim… Now you can go to sleep
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