Ethel Merman 1909
- 1547 - Ivan the Terrible was crowned Czar of Russia.
- 1896 - The first five-player college basketball game was played at Iowa City, IA.
- 1919 - The 18th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which prohibited the sale or transportation of alcoholic beverages, was ratified. It was later repealed by the 21st Amendment.
- 1920 - Prohibition went into effect in the U.S.
- 1988 - Jimmy "The Greek" Snyder was fired as a CBS sports commentator one day after telling a TV station in Washington, DC, that, during the era of slavery, blacks had been bred to produce stronger offspring.
- 1991 - The White House announced the start of Operation Desert Storm. The operation was designed to drive Iraqi forces out of Kuwait.
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