Joseph Stalin (Dzhugashvili) 1879 - Georgian Marxist revolutionary and later dictator of USSR (1928-53)
- 1620 - The "Mayflower", and its passengers, pilgrims from England, landed at Plymouth Rock, MA.
- 1898 - Scientists Pierre and Marie Curie discovered the radioactive element radium.
- 1909 - McKinley and Washington schools of Berkeley, CA, became the first authorized, junior-high schools in the U.S.
- 1913 - Arthur Wynne published a new "word-cross" puzzle in the "New York World" in England. The name was later changed to "crossword."
- 1937 - Walt Disney debuted the first, full-length, animated feature in Hollywood, CA. The movie was "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs."
- 1988 - 270 people were killed when Pan Am Boeing 747 exploded over Lockerbie, Scotland, due to a terrorist attack.
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